Plants and Trees

Plants and Trees

A Five-Pound Giant Fungus Is a Whole New Family of Life

Scientists in Yunnan found a five-pound giant fungus so unusual it warranted a whole new family, with DNA tracing to the...

GenZai • Oct 13

Plants and Trees

Plant Enzymes Learned to Tell Mirror-Image Molecules Apart

Scientists resurrected ancient plant enzymes to reveal how 19 tiny mutations, most far from the active site, taught prot...

GenZai • Oct 13

Plants and Trees

Amazon Wildfires Are Choking the Trees That Survived

Amazon Wildfires do double damage: fire-driven ozone cuts the rainforest's carbon uptake by around a quarter, a hidden l...

GenZai • Oct 12

Plants and Trees

Fall Foliage Outlook: When Peak Color Hits Your State

Peak color is arriving now in the northern mountains, and this could be the best fall color season in years. Week-by-wee...

GenZai • Oct 12

Plants and Trees

Trees Remember Drought in Their Leaves, Scientists Find

University of Utah biologists found aspens hold the drought in their leaves: dry years boosted leaf chemicals that deter...

GenZai • Oct 11

Plants and Trees

Why Winter Houseplants Are Gen Z's Mood Fix

A new survey of one thousand US adults finds Winter Houseplants easing the winter blues, with Gen Z buying more than anyone. Here is the data.

GenZai • Oct 11

Plants and Trees

City Plants Bounce Back From Heat Waves Faster Than Wild Ones

Satellite records from more than 750 cities show city plants bounce back from heat waves faster than wild ones, and irrigation is the likely edge.

GenZai • Oct 11

Plants and Trees

Thailand's Demon Flower Feeds on Fungi, Not Sunlight

Botanists described Thismia daemona, a nearly black demon flower in Thailand that skips sunlight and feeds through fungi. Fewer than fifty plants exist.

GenZai • Oct 10

Plants and Trees

Scientists Sequence an Endangered Tree Genome to Save It

Researchers have decoded the full genome of a critically endangered Chinese tree, a conservation milestone for a species surviving in only four wild locations.

GenZai • Oct 10

Plants and Trees

How Duckweed Shrunk Into the World's Tiniest Flowering Plant

Duckweed squeezed its whole plant blueprint into a tiny disc without losing a part. A study reveals how a compact body plan could inspire the crops of the future.

GenZai • Oct 10

Plants and Trees

Bronx Zoo Brings Back the American Chestnut

The Bronx Zoo Brings Back the American Chestnut: 25 hybrid saplings planted 122 years after the blight that wiped out billions of the trees was documented there.

GenZai • Oct 9

Plants and Trees

Sausage Tree Seeds Lose Their Power After One Year

Benin scientists found that sausage tree seeds lose viability after about a year in storage, and a seed's home climate shapes how it grows. What nurseries should do.

GenZai • Oct 9