Close-up photographs of seeds show their intricate beauty
Lady Margaret passionflowerRob Kesseler & Wolfgang Stuppy Since the emergence of seeds around 360 million years ago, plants have flourished – from the most imposing of giant sequoias to the…
Lady Margaret passionflowerRob Kesseler & Wolfgang Stuppy Since the emergence of seeds around 360 million years ago, plants have flourished – from the most imposing of giant sequoias to the…
PATERZELL, Germany — How do you teach a bird how, and where, to fly?The distinctive Northern Bald Ibis, hunted essentially to extinction by the 17th century, was revived by breeding…
Sunflowers may be working togetherShutterstock/Tartezy Sunflowers move in a way that helps their neighbours. The seemingly random motion of the plants’ roots and shoots actually minimises shade cover in crowded…
Terrariums have taken the horticultural world by storm over the past decade or so, going from obscure Victorian curiosity to a staple of homeware stores. Yet in almost any advice…
Amorphophallus TitanumDerek Powazek When you think of livestreaming, if indeed you reflect on it at all, you probably imagine a gamer screaming about shooting the final boss. Or a conspiracy…
Australia’s red-winged parrot feeding in fields in the Northern TerritoryRoland Seitre/naturepl.com Living On EarthPeter Godfrey-Smith (William Collins (UK, out now); Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (US, 3 September)) IN 2016, Peter Godfrey-Smith…
Artificial light at night may affect tree leavesShutterstock/Patryk Kosmider Urban trees lit by streetlights tend to have tougher leaves that are eaten less by insects than trees that see dark…
The crew of a NASA mission to Mars emerged from their craft after a yearlong voyage that never left Earth.The four volunteer crew members spent more than 12 months inside…
The start-up Metalplant harvests nickel-accumulating flowersCourtesy of MetalPlant On a recent afternoon in northern Albania, workers gathered armfuls of freshly cut shrubs covered in yellow flowers, leaving them to dry…
Syntrichia caninervis in Hackberry Canyon, ColoradoLee Rentz / Alamy A hardy moss found in desert locations around the globe can survive environmental conditions that are lethal to almost all other…