Plants: facts, news, features and articles about our oxygen providers
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Why do strawberries have seeds on the outside?While it may initially appear that strawberries are fruits covered in seeds, this is not actually the case.
By Laura Geggel Published
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World's loneliest tree species can't reproduce without a mate. So AI is looking for one hidden in the forests of South Africa.A single specimen of an ancient tree species was found in 1895. Now scientists are using AI to find it a mate.
By Richard Pallardy Published
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See stunning photos of the Atacama Desert — the driest on Earth — blooming in winter for 1st time in a decade"This very arid soil houses a treasure," ecologist María Fernanda Pérez told Live Science after the Atacama Desert produced a rare winter bloom.
By María de los Ángeles Orfila Published
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Rainforest of super trees descended from lost supercontinent Gondwana being created in AustraliaProject seeks to protect ancient tree lineages that have survived from a time before Earth’s continents broke apart.
By Emma Bryce Published
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Shark Bay: Home to Earth's largest plant — an immortal, self-cloning seagrass meadow stretching 112 milesA 77-square-mile seagrass meadow at the bottom of Shark Bay in Western Australia is both Earth's largest plant and largest clone.
By Sascha Pare Published
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Near-indestructible moss can survive gamma rays and liquid nitrogenThis little moss withstands deadly blasts of radiation, extreme cold and dehydration — and could probably survive on Mars.
By Stephanie Pappas Published
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What is photosynthesis?Reference Photosynthesis is the process plants, algae and some bacteria use to turn sunlight, carbon dioxide and water into sugar and oxygen.
By Daisy Dobrijevic Last updated
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100-foot 'walking tree' in New Zealand looks like an Ent from Lord of the Rings — and is the lone survivor of a lost forestAn unusual northern rātā tree that looks like it is striding across an empty field has been crowned New Zealand's Tree of the Year. The giant plant, which looks strikingly similar to an Ent from "The Lord of the Rings," is centuries old.
By Harry Baker Published
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Bizarre evolutionary roots of Africa's iconic upside-down baobab trees revealedThe baobab tree evolved on the island of Madagascar before eventually spreading to Africa and Australia, new research suggests.
By Richard Pallardy Published
