Federal wildlife officials proposed endangered species protections Friday for a desert wildflower known to exist only on a remote Nevada ridge where an Australian company plans a lithium mine.
Scientists are currently working on a light-emitting plant, specifically "glow in the dark" that could, in the future, replace some of the energy-intensive, inefficient electric lights currently being depended on for modern-day living.
Researchers have successfully isolated bacteria from passion fruit seeds and as a result, they found, such microorganisms are not harmful to plants. In fact, they are discovered to be beneficial.
Triantha occidentalas, a flowering wetland plant is found to be eating insects that walk up its sticky talk. The plant has the ability to ingest its prey’s nitrogen to survive in and endure a habitat.
White clover releases toxic cyanide as a defense mechanism called cyanogenesis to deter insect pests. A new study showed that this characteristic could be traced to hybridization from its two European clover species ancestors.
This white flower species known as Triantha occidentalis is not as attractive as it’s commonly believed after scientists discovered that its sticky stem can trap insects and eventually kill them.
A critically endangered tree in a Missouri greenhouse was recently reported to have produced a flower that had never been documented before, in the field of science.
Michigan State University continues the longest-running experiment on germination. William James Beal's seed bottles have been dug after 140 years and will be buried again.