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Plants 'slept' with curled leaves 250 million years ago, ancient insect bites reveal
Leaves from the Permian period curled up at night, fossils of symmetrical insect bites show.
Some carnivorous plants evolved to eat poop instead of bugs. And they're better off for it.
Former bug-eating plants, which evolved to feed on animal droppings instead, have a more nutritious diet than their carnivorous cousins, a new study finds.
New 'artificial' photosynthesis is 10x more efficient than previous attempts
A new method of using the machinery of photosynthesis to make methane is 10 times more efficient than previous attempts.
Global Warming Sparks Increased Plant Production in Arctic Lakes
Biological activity in some Arctic lakes has ratcheted up dramatically over the past 150 years.
How Cacti Survive: Surprising Strategies Quench Thirst
They work the night shift, let their roots die, and fend off thirsty predators to conserve every precious drop.
Trees Flirt with Death During Dry Periods
Tree growth in temperate forests is driven by availability of water and not by temperature as previously thought.
Cunning Weed Sniffs Out Victims
When the stringy dodder plant emerges, it bobs and sways to find the perfect host plant, then sucks the life out of it. See the video.
Global Biosphere Images Reveal Changes in Plant Growth
NASA has released a series of images that illustrate how the Earth's plant growth has changed over the past 11 years.
