Sky islands, bird tears, and toxic algal blooms
In 2020, my work for the Frontiers blog has included therapeutic horseback riding, avian brain size and survival tactics, bird and reptile […]
Category: Plants
Rethinking Easter Island
Scientists are using new evidence and a multidisciplinary approach to revise our understanding of the events that caused civilization on Easter Island […]
Highlights: November 13
Rain Drops Help this Carnivorous Pitcher Plant Catch a Meal Pitcher plants are typically stationary while luring in their prey, but one […]
Tidying up the Casualties of Photosynthesis
Transforming light into energy is inherently dangerous for photosynthetic organisms. The transfer of energy (in the form of electrons) from protein to […]
Highlights: October 16
Carnivorous plants and other microscopic dalliances See the winners of Nikon’s ‘Small World’ competition at Popular Science here. Of particular note is […]
Seasonal poison
Dutch researchers recently found that springtime sunlight may render herbicide pollution even more toxic to marine microalgae than previously thought. Microalgae form […]
Can we be as clever as plants?
Engineers, computer scientists, and plant biologists come together to create robot explorers inspired by plants We eat them. We breathe the oxygen […]