‘Monster plants’: an expert guide to alien invasive species and the epic battles they win

Are aliens among us? The answer is yes, and they can be green too.

Zarah Pattison, Senior Lecturer in Plant Sciences, University of Stirling • conversation
Aug. 13, 2024 ~9 min

Summer holiday science: turn your home into a lab with these three easy experiments

You don’t need a fancy qualification for these experiments – just some curiosity and few household basics.

Audrey O'Grady, Associate Professor in Biology, University of Limerick • conversation
Aug. 12, 2024 ~6 min


Some Plants Grow for a Long Time to Flower Only Once

VOA Learning English • voa
Aug. 1, 2024 ~4 min

Scientists discover entirely new wood type that could be highly efficient at carbon storage

Researchers have identified an entirely new type of wood that does not fit into either category of hardwood or softwood.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
July 31, 2024 ~6 min

Trees don’t like to breathe wildfire smoke, either – and they’ll hold their breath to avoid it

An unplanned experiment when wildfire smoke rolled through Colorado shows how trees keep some of the smoke out.

Mj Riches, Postdoctoral Researcher in Environmental and Atmospheric Science, University of Colorado Boulder • conversation
July 30, 2024 ~8 min

Heat Can Be Good or Bad for Your Garden

VOA Learning English • voa
July 29, 2024 ~6 min

Climate change will lead to massive tropical plant losses

"It is a little alarming just how close to a threshold or tipping point we are for these tropical species."

Corrie Pikul-Brown • futurity
July 23, 2024 ~8 min

Fewer bees and other pollinating insects lead to shrinking crops

Perhaps 90% of flowering plants require animal pollinators – and most of them are insects. But it’s not just bees doing this important work.

Rachel Mallinger, Professor of Entomology, University of Florida • conversation
July 19, 2024 ~8 min


Disease has killed most of the UK’s elm trees since the 1960s – but there are signs they may be making a comeback

Hidden in hedgerows, this once majestic tree is being restored to its former glory thanks to volunteers.

James Weldon, PhD Candidate in Geography, Cardiff University • conversation
July 8, 2024 ~7 min

Engineered plants may make baby formula more like breast milk

Researchers have programmed a close relative of tobacco plants to produce prebiotic sugars found in human breast milk.

Kara Manke-UC Berkeley • futurity
July 1, 2024 ~6 min

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