
Plants fight back
When a pest or disease attacks a plant, a battle begins. Within…

Stolen genes? DNA in ( and out of ) chloroplasts
Chloroplasts evolved from photosynthetic bacteria living inside…

Seeing without eyes - how plants learn from light
How can an organism with no eyes sense light?
And how can…

Spinning Straw into Gold
Every day millions of us hop into their cars and drive off to…

Cape Sundew (Drosera capensis) with fly
The image shows a fly trapped by glandular hairs on a leaf of Cape Sundew. The fly is approximately 1 cm long.

How plants can suck water from the sky
How does water travel through a plant? Your answer's probably…

Can C4 photosynthesis save 10,000s of lives?
Rice biologists have a problem. Rice is a staple food for more…

Epigenetics - our hidden inheritance?
We all know about DNA. But now scientists are discovering there's…