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Even trees 'hold their breath' to avoid harmful wildfire smoke, research finds
By Delphine Farmer, Mj Riches published
Trees don't like to breathe wildfire smoke, either.
Massive sinkholes in China hold 'heavenly' forests with plants adapted for harsh life underground
By Sascha Pare published
Plants growing at the bottom of sinkholes in China's Dashiwei Tiankeng Group don't take up as much carbon as surface plants do, but they have much higher levels of nutrients in their tissues.
Why do strawberries have seeds on the outside?
By Laura Geggel published
While it may initially appear that strawberries are fruits covered in seeds, this is not actually the case.
World's loneliest tree species can't reproduce without a mate. So AI is looking for one hidden in the forests of South Africa.
By Richard Pallardy published
A single specimen of an ancient tree species was found in 1895. Now scientists are using AI to find it a mate.
See stunning photos of the Atacama Desert — the driest on Earth — blooming in winter for 1st time in a decade
By María de los Ángeles Orfila published
"This very arid soil houses a treasure," ecologist María Fernanda Pérez told Live Science after the Atacama Desert produced a rare winter bloom.
Rainforest of super trees descended from lost supercontinent Gondwana being created in Australia
By Emma Bryce published
Project seeks to protect ancient tree lineages that have survived from a time before Earth’s continents broke apart.
Shark Bay: Home to Earth's largest plant — an immortal, self-cloning seagrass meadow stretching 112 miles
By Sascha Pare published
A 77-square-mile seagrass meadow at the bottom of Shark Bay in Western Australia is both Earth's largest plant and largest clone.
Near-indestructible moss can survive gamma rays and liquid nitrogen
By Stephanie Pappas published
This little moss withstands deadly blasts of radiation, extreme cold and dehydration — and could probably survive on Mars.
What is photosynthesis?
By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated
Reference Photosynthesis is the process plants, algae and some bacteria use to turn sunlight, carbon dioxide and water into sugar and oxygen.
100-foot 'walking tree' in New Zealand looks like an Ent from Lord of the Rings — and is the lone survivor of a lost forest
By Harry Baker published
An unusual northern rātā tree that looks like it is striding across an empty field has been crowned New Zealand's Tree of the Year. The giant plant, which looks strikingly similar to an Ent from "The Lord of the Rings," is centuries old.
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