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Flowering plants represent about one-sixth of all Earth's known living life-forms and are important to the survival of most other species. But how did these immobile organisms manage to spread so far?
Especially in temperate climates, winter poses a major challenge for honeybee colonies. To ensure their survival, the animals ...
As heat-trapping air pollution makes the world hotter, it's becoming more important to understand ... Leigh's study of plant survival mechanisms has taken her to extreme environments worldwide ...
I just planted my garden and now frost is on the forecast!?! With the frost-free season quickly approaching, it is time to ...
Kiefer manages the Plants of Concern program for northeastern Illinois, a community science project designed to detect ...
Aa Aa Aa Plants and herbivores are locked in an evolutionary arms race in which the survival of each depends ... that also play important defensive roles. Most hyperaccumulators (about 75% ...
Pollination is, however, a fundamental process for the survival of our ecosystems. Nearly 90% of the world’s wild flowering plant species depend, entirely, or at least in part, on animal ...