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Published 'Zero plant extinction' is possible, says plant ecologist - Zero Plant Extinction is Possible, Says Plant Ecologist



Like animals, many plant species are struggling to adapt to a human-dominated planet. However, plant ...
Published With rapidly increasing heat and drought, can plants adapt? - With Rapidly Increasing Heat and Drought, Can Plants Adapt?


As deserts expanded their range over the past 5-7 million years, many plants invaded the new biome a ...
Published British flower study reveals surprise about plants' sex life - British Flower Study Reveals Surprising Facts About Plants' Sex Life



A study of Britain's native flowering plants has led to new insights into the mysterious process tha ...
Published Forgotten tropical plants rediscovered after 100-plus years with the help of community science



Deep in the tropical Andes, a genus called Nasa harbored elusive and forgotten plant species. Throug ...
Published How to help save plants from extinction



Now is the time to identify the conditions that cause plants to die. Doing so will allow us to bette ...
Published Nature's great survivors: Flowering plants survived the mass extinction that killed the dinosaurs



A new study by researchers from the University of Bath (UK) and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Méx...
Published What makes some plant groups so successful?



Researchers involved in cataloguing the world's plant species are hunting for answers as to what mak ...
Published Form and function of island and mainland plants



Oceanic islands provide useful models for ecology, biogeography and evolutionary research. Many grou...
Published Giant fossil seeds from Borneo record ancient plant migration



Ancient fossil beans about the size of modern limes, and among the largest seeds in the fossil recor...
Published Climate change threatens 771 endangered plant and lichen species



All plants and lichens listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act are sensitive to climat ...
Published Plant roots fuel tropical soil animal communities - Plant Roots Fuel Tropical Soil Animal Communities


A research team has shed new light on the importance of plant roots for below-ground life, particula ...
Published Bees need food up to a month earlier than provided by recommended pollinator plants



Plant species which are recommended as 'pollinator friendly' in Europe begin flowering up to a month ...
Published Plants that survived dinosaur extinction pulled nitrogen from air



Ancient cycad lineages that survived the extinction of the dinosaurs may have done so by relying on...
Published Missing link in species conservation: Pharmacists, chemists could turn tide on plant, animal extinction



As the world faces the loss of a staggering number of species of animals and plants to endangerment ...
Published Millions of years for plants to recover from global warming



Catastrophic volcanic eruptions that warmed the planet millions of years ago shed new light on how p...
Published 'Winners and losers' as global warming forces plants uphill



Some plant species will 'win' and others will 'lose' as global warming forces them to move uphill, n ...
Published Seed ferns: Plants experimented with complex leaf vein networks 201 million years ago



According to a research team led by palaeontologists, the net-like leaf veining typical for today's...
Published Tropical plant species are as threatened by climate change as widely feared, study confirms



Biologists who set out to better understand the effects of climate change on plant species in tropic ...
Published Coffee and cocoa plants at risk from pollinator loss



Tropical crops such as coffee, cocoa, watermelon and mango may be at risk due to the loss of insect...
Published Wild bumblebee queens lured and killed in commercial hives - Wild Bumblebee Queens Lured and Killed in Commercial Hives


While testing how well commercial bumblebees pollinate early spring crops, researchers made a surpri...