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Animals and plants will need escape hatches to move to cooler climes as the planet warms, but few parts of the U.S. have the natural habitat available for these migrations.
Traditional botanists are in decline, but this isn’t the end of plant science.
New research from the University of Geneva is helping us understand how plants protect themselves from the sun.
Scientists are working out how to grow plants in space, ready to use them as food when we visit other planets.
Transport, climate change and environmental destruction mean all sorts of species are bumping into each other for the first time.
The relentless pursuit of showy flowers for garden display – as seen at Chelsea Flower Show – has seen some odd uses of radiation and chemicals .
The world looks to the WHO for all health-related matters – but it is only part of the picture.
When you think about it, it’s a bit strange to view food through a lens of “meat” and “not meat” – especially when plants consume animals, and vice versa.
Essential reading for green-fingered urbanites and guerrilla gardeners.
The natural world is full of trickery and deception in the struggle for survival.
Modern agriculture is synonymous with monoculture. That lack of diversity is bad news for plants’ natural immune defenses. Researchers are figuring out how to help plants fend off microbes – without pesticides.
You might think having trees around your home is the worst idea during a bushfire, but some plants can actually help repel fire.
South west Australia is home to an astonishing number of plants and some of the country’s weirdest wildlife. Now we need to protect it.
As summer rolls on once again you’re despairing at a brown lawn. Perhaps you should embrace a shabbier backyard.
There’s something in the air that actually has health benefits when you take time to walk among the plants and trees. What that is exactly is still being studied by scientists.
Fungi that live inside plants can fight off nasty insect pests.
Next time you reach for the honey, spare a thought for the other vital insects that pollinate our crops.
It’s not just Australia’s animals that can be deadly, there are plenty of dangerous plants too.
In many parts of the world, Christmas and mistletoe are inextricably intertwined. But in the natural world, mistletoe has long fascinated naturalists and scientists.
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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
