Plants

Plants

Nature’s Alphabet

Plants, animals, and other natural objects may bear patterns that resemble letters, numbers, and other figures.

Plants

Bright blooms that glow

Certain flowers fluoresce, giving off a spooky light.

Plants

Cactus goo for clean water

A cactus commonly found in Mexico can help clean up dirty water.

Plants

Fastest Plant on Earth

The bunchberry dogwood shoots pollen into the air at an amazing speed.

Health & Medicine

Nature’s medicines

Projects by young scientists show how plants and animals in nature can be a source of new medicines.

Plants

How a Venus Flytrap Snaps Shut

A Venus flytrap stores energy to allow its hinged leaves to snap shut quickly.

Agriculture

Growing healthier tomato plants

How well tomatoes grow depends on how the plants are mulched and fertilized.

Plants

Plants travel wind highways

Some plants can hitchhike along invisible freeways of wind to reach distant places.

Plants

New gene fights potato blight

Adding a gene from a wild potato to the varieties we eat could stop a devastating potato disease.

Plants

City trees beat country trees

Cottonwood trees grow better in New York City than in rural places around the state.

Plants

Slower growth, greater warmth

A shift toward slower-growing trees might make Earth's climate warm up even faster.

Plants

Tracking the sun Improves plant pollen

Turning to face the sun helps snow buttercups make better pollen.