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Botanic gardens have evolved from medicinal gardens to scientific institutions, Now, they must become conservation leaders on a global scale.
How stress leaves its mark on plants.
The first survey since the 1970s into the plants that grow in the cracks in limestone pavements has thrown up some fascinating results.
Cacti are more complex and mysterious than you might realise.
Rsearch fellow Laura Cinti talks to The Conversation Weekly podcast about her quest to find a female version of the endangered E. woodii cycad using drones and AI.
How do plants communicate, and how does it differ from us?
A study of Arctic microalgae could benefit everyone from farmers to astronauts.
New technology is helping scientists learn what happens inside plants when they reproduce.
The flowers some people dismiss as weeds have evolved fascinating ways to survive harsh places.
Are aliens among us? The answer is yes, and they can be green too.
In the barren cold deserts of ice-free Antarctica only lichen, mosses and algae survive – for now.
The plant has been propagated worldwide, but every surviving specimen of Encephalartos woodii is a male clone – and without a female, natural reproduction is impossible.
The origin date for flowers is a source of debate among scientists – but a new approach may help bring clarity to the question.
A recently discovered palm tree has an unusual survival strategy - it flowers and fruits beneath the ground
Scientists are still trying to puzzle out strange oscillations in plant root genes,
Plants aren’t always as good at photosynthesis as you might think. Our research project wants to help them.
Farming has made crop plants reliant on synthetic fertilisers, but we can reactivate their ability to engage with beneficial microorganisms and make them more independent.
Some rhododendron fossils are 60 million years old, showing they were around before the Himalayas were formed.
The fossil record tells conflicting stories about what happened to flowering plants after the asteroid.
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