Plants

A new method of using the machinery of photosynthesis to make methane is 10 times more efficient than previous attempts.

Biological activity in some Arctic lakes has ratcheted up dramatically over the past 150 years.

They work the night shift, let their roots die, and fend off thirsty predators to conserve every precious drop.

Tree growth in temperate forests is driven by availability of water and not by temperature as previously thought.

When the stringy dodder plant emerges, it bobs and sways to find the perfect host plant, then sucks the life out of it. See the video.

NASA has released a series of images that illustrate how the Earth's plant growth has changed over the past 11 years.

Bladderworts boast the fastest carnivorous traps on Earth.

Forests took millions of years to evolve after the first land plants arrived, waiting for precursors to roots and branches to arrive and for CO2 levels to get just right.

Using a new computer model to determine the age of the tree, it was found that the Gran Abuelo could be roughly 5,400 years old.