Plants adapt in many ways so that they survive in different habitats. These adaptations exist because they give a survival advantage. Adaptations include the ability to survive in dry conditions ...

Plants adapt in many ways so that they survive in different habitats. These adaptations exist because they give a survival advantage. Adaptations include the ability to survive in dry conditions ...

Just as humans have a microbiome, a vital colony of bacteria in the gut and on the skin, so too are plants colonized by ... shows that the growth of the tiny aquatic plant may be enormously ...

The two-spotted water hoglouse (Asellus aquaticus) is closely related to woodlice but lives an entirely aquatic life, crawling around among plants and mud. It feeds on decaying animal and plant matter ...

aquatic juvenile stage, wherein larvae drift near the surface and are passively carried by water currents to other locations. In plants, disseminules include seeds, spores, and fruits, all of ...

If your home has low humidity, then you can't have just any houseplant. These nontropical plants are perfectly suited for the ...

Plants adapt genetically over time to the special conditions of organic farming. This has been demonstrated in a long-term study conducted at the University of Bonn. The researchers planted barley ...

Carnivorous plants have developed a terrific array of weird and wonderful adaptations that help them flourish in nutrient-poor environments ... Smaller carnivorous plants specialise in single-celled ...

That could range from 6 to 18 percent in terrestrial crops, 2 to 12 percent in marine plants such as seaweed ... could drop by up to 7 percent as aquatic ecosystems lose the algae that forms ...

"It's really important to look across the plant kingdom because plants have solved so many problems already ... with which they aim to verify their findings. Beyond tracing past adaptations, ...