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Published Plants offer fruit to insects to disperse dust-like seeds



Fruit exist to invite animals to disperse the swallowed seeds. A research team found that plants tar ...
Published Glossy black-cockatoos prefer the fruits of ancient rocks



New research has shown that glossy black-cockatoos prefer to feed from trees growing in acidic soils...
Published Groundcherry gets genetic upgrades: Turning a garden curiosity into an agricultural powerhouse



Imagine a small fruit that tastes like a cross between a tomato and a pineapple, wrapped in its own ...
Published Mitochondrial genome editing technique yields useful traits



Tweaks to the mitochondrial genome hold the potential for better hybrid seed production or to introd...
Published Fungi-eating plants and flies team up for reproduction



Fungi-eating orchids were found for the first time to offer their flowers to fungi-eating fruit flie ...
Published Lemurs use long-term memory, smell, and social cues to find food



How do foraging animals find their food? A new study shows that lemurs use smell, social cues, and l...
Published Want to fight climate change? Don't poach gorillas (or elephants, hornbills, toucans, etc.)



A new article found that overhunting of gorillas, elephants, and other large fruit-eating seed-dispe ...
Published New discovery: Endangered Amami rabbit disperses seeds for non-photosynthetic plant - New Discovery: Endangered Amami Rabbit Disperses Seeds for Non-Photosynthetic Plant


Seed dispersal is an essential process for the evolution and ecology of terrestrial plants, making d...
Published Even Sonoran Desert plants aren't immune to climate change - Even Sonoran Desert Plants Aren't Immune to Climate Change


In North America's hottest, driest desert, climate change is causing the decline of plants once thou...
Published Climate change threatens lemurs on Madagascar - Climate Change Threatens Lemurs on Madagascar


Even supposedly adaptable mammal species face increased risk of extinction. ABSTRACT: Climate Change...
Published Earlier take-off could lead to fewer bumblebees and less pollination - Earlier Take-Off Could Lead to Fewer Bumblebees and Less Pollination


With the arrival of spring, bumblebee queens take their first wing beat of the season and set out to...
Published Bigger flowers, greater rewards: Plants adapt to climate disruptions to lure pollinators - Bigger Flowers, Greater Rewards: Plants Adapt to Climate Disruptions to Lure Pollinators


There's been a well-documented shift toward earlier springtime flowering in many plants as the world...
Published Oldest bat skeletons ever found described from Wyoming fossils - Oldest Bat Skeletons Ever Found Described from Wyoming Fossils



Scientists have described a new species of bat based on the oldest bat skeletons ever recovered. The...
Published How a drought affects trees depends on what's been holding them back - How a Drought Affects Trees Depends on What's Been Holding Them Back



Droughts can be good for trees. Certain trees, that is. Contrary to expectation, sometimes a record-...
Published Urban gardens are good for ecosystems and humans - Urban Gardens: A Boon for Ecosystems and Humans


Traditionally, it has been assumed that cultivating food leads to a loss of biodiversity and negativ...
Published An internal thermometer tells the seeds when to germinate - An Internal Thermometer: The Secret to Seed Germination


Germination is a crucial stage in the life of a plant as it will leave the stage of seed resistant t...
Published What should we call evolution driven by genetic engineering? Genetic welding, says researcher - Genetic Welding: The Evolution Driven by Genetic Engineering


With CRISPR-Cas9 technology, humans can now rapidly change the evolutionary course of animals or pla...
Published Without this, plants cannot respond to temperature - Without This, Plants Cannot Respond to Temperature


Scientists have significantly advanced the race to control plant responses to temperature on a rapid...
Published Anthropogenic climate change poses systemic risk to coffee cultivation - Anthropogenic Climate Change Poses Systemic Risk to Coffee Cultivation


Coffee is important to the economies of coffee producing regions. A new study suggests that climate...
Published Conserving wildlife can help mitigate climate change - Conserving Wildlife Can Help Mitigate Climate Change


Solving the climate crisis and biodiversity crisis are not separate issues. Animals remove billions...