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Trees evolved many times around the world.
That pre-sleep herbal tea may be doing many people a lot of good.
Humans have long been trying differentiate themselves from the rest of the biological world. Is it because we’re superior, or just insecure?
Plants, in their fossil forms, can reveal a great deal about past environments and climates.
Numerous traditional African medicines are undeniably beneficial in treating disease or maintaining good health.
This is an article from Curious Kids, a series for children. The Conversation is asking kids to send in questions they’d like an expert to answer. All questions are welcome – serious, weird or wacky! Why…
Congress is moving to cut back the Endangered Species Act and give more power to states. But a recent study shows that state laws are weaker and states have few resources to protect species at risk.
Most modern offices contain a surprising amount of harsh chemicals. If you’re heading back to work, check out our list of the best plants to clean the air (and reduce stress).
Diatoms’ tricks may offer new insights that keep solar cell energy running efficiently and robustly throughout their processes.
Precisely calibrated timekeepers are found in organisms from all domains of life. Biologists are studying how they influence plant/pathogen interactions – what they learn could lead to human medicines.
Ferns came along more than 200 million years before the dinosaurs walked the Earth. They were food for plant-eating dinosaurs and they’re really great survivors. Heather, age 8, wants to know more.
Humans - the very “carriers” who can spread dangerous microbes unthinkingly from their equipment and shoes - can instead become the first line of defence against a possible microscopic invasion.
Pollination in South Africa’s ecosystems is extremely complex. However new advances such as pollen metabarcoding help us understand interactions between pollinators and pollen.
Cladoxylopsid trees were hugely complex and very different to those we have now.
New research shows bees see a blue halo around flowers thanks to nanostructures on its petals.
If you want to live on Mars, you’re going to need to grow food. Seeds are naturally equipped to handle challenging Earth environments, but how well can they survive what they’ll encounter off-planet?
Inserting a random DNA mishmash into a plant or bacterium directs it to make a novel protein. Sifting through the resulting molecules, researchers may find ones have medical or agricultural uses.
Plants produce toxic fruit for everything from deterring fungi to causing constipation.
Some leaves are millimetres across, and others are a metre square. An international study has found the essential factors controlling leaf variations.
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Senior Research Associate, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Plant Biochemistry, University of Westminster
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Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Environment; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO
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Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of the College, Grinnell College
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Research Scientist in Biodiversity and Human Health, Edith Cowan University
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Lecturer in Biology, Edge Hill University
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Plant Evolutionary Biologist, The University of Edinburgh
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Associate professor, University of Sydney
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Research fellow, University of Aberdeen
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Palaeontologist, Rhodes University
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Senior Lecturer in Ecology, Edith Cowan University
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Postdoctoral research fellow, iThemba LABS
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Ph.D. Student in the School of Plant and Environmental Science, Virginia Tech
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Professor of Horticultural Sciences and Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Florida
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Professor, School of Science, Edith Cowan University
