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Top Predators Have Sway Over Climate
February 19, 2013 — Researchers have found that when the animals at the top of the food chain are removed, freshwater ecosystems emit a lot more carbon dioxide into the ... > full story -
Cushion Plants Help Other Plants Survive
February 18, 2013 — Alpine cushion plants help other plants in harsh mountain environments to ... > full story -
Microbes Team Up to Boost Plants' Stress Tolerance
February 17, 2013 — While most farmers consider viruses and fungi potential threats to their crops, these microbes can help wild plants adapt to extreme conditions, according to a ... > full story -
Slithering Towards Extinction: Reptiles in Trouble
February 17, 2013 — Nineteen percent of the world's reptiles are estimated to be threatened with extinction, according to new research. The study is the first of its kind summarising the global conservation status of ... > full story -
Avoiding Virus Dangers in 'Domesticating' Wild Plants for Biofuel Use
February 17, 2013 — In our ongoing quest for alternative energy sources, researchers are looking more to plants that grow in the wild for use in biofuels -- plants such as ... > full story -
Wild Plants Are Infected With Many Viruses and Still Thrive
February 17, 2013 — Researchers have studied viruses as agents of disease in humans, domestic animals and plants, but a study of plant viruses in the wild may point to a more cooperative, benevolent role of the microbe, ... > full story -
Marsh Plants Actively Engineer Their Landscape
February 13, 2013 — Marsh plants, far from being passive wallflowers, are "secret gardeners" that actively engineer their landscape to increase their species' odds of survival, say ... > full story -
Ice Age Extinction Shaped Australian Plant Diversity
February 13, 2013 — Researchers have shown that part of Australia's rich plant diversity was wiped out by the ice ages, demonstrating that extinction, probably more than evolution, influences ... > full story -
Climate Change Affects the Flight Period of Butterflies in Massachusetts
February 12, 2013 — Biologists have found that butterflies show signs of being affected by climate change in a way similar to plants and bees, but not birds, in the Northeast United States. The researchers focused on ... > full story -
Sugar Influences the Onset of Flowering: Only When Light, Age and Energy Conditions Are Right Do Plants Flower
February 7, 2013 — Only when light, age and energy conditions are right do plants flower. A plant can reproduce successfully only if it flowers at the appropriate time. Therefore, a complex network of photoreceptors ... > full story
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