While there's a famous horror-movie spoof about killer tomatoes, no one seems to have made one about caterpillars—the insect pests that eat the juicy red fruits of summer.
Plants & Animals
Feb 25, 2021
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Flowering plants likely originated between 149 and 256 million years ago according to new UCL-led research.
Evolution
Feb 5, 2018
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Cycads, a group of gymnosperms which can resemble miniature palm trees (like the popular sago palm houseplant) were long thought to be "living fossils," a group that had evolved minimally since the time of the dinosaurs. ...
Evolution
May 2, 2023
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On a beautiful fall day in 2019, Miranda Sinnott-Armstrong was walking down Pearl Street in Boulder, Colorado when something caught her eye: a small, particularly shiny blue fruit, on a shrub known as Lantana strigocamara. ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 10, 2022
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Researchers at the University of Bristol have identified the huge impact of flowering plants on the evolution of life on Earth.
Evolution
Nov 17, 2021
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Grass may transfer genes from their neighbors in the same way genetically modified crops are made, a new study has revealed.
Evolution
Oct 5, 2023
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A new description of two well-preserved ancient fossil plant specimens in Washington state is prompting paleobotanists to rethink how plants might have been dispersed during the Late Cretaceous, between 66 million and 100 ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Feb 15, 2022
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Scientists from Wageningen UR and other institutes are proposing a new research model - the turnover model - as a way of answering the question why there are always so many plant species in tropical rainforests. In their ...
Evolution
Jun 18, 2015
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Genetic differences between hemp and marijuana determine whether Cannabis plants have the potential for psychoactivity, a new study by University of Minnesota scientists shows.
Biotechnology
Jul 17, 2015
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Close but no cigar: How 16th Century observations paved the way for Darwin's landmark study
Plants & Animals
Aug 9, 2015
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