
Plants
Some redwood leaves make food while others drink water
The two types of leaves grow at different heights in trees at dry versus wet areas. They may help redwoods adapt to climate change.
The two types of leaves grow at different heights in trees at dry versus wet areas. They may help redwoods adapt to climate change.
Al mamífero más pequeño del mar no le es fácil mantenerse caliente. Ahora, los científicos han descubierto cómo sus células responden al desafío.
The treatment helped frogs grow working limbs useful for swimming, standing and kicking. It’ll be a while before people can do that.
Scientists are teasing out the many ways the spiders’ vision, listening and taste senses differ from ours
Tardigrades often live in cool, damp moss. Their cushy life has somehow prepared them to survive the lethal radiation of outer space.
When heat waves and droughts collide, water is precious. Some thirsty plants try to cool off by opening tiny pores — only to lose water even faster.
For humans, snot plays a key role in fighting off diseases. Other animals have found different uses for the slimy stuff.
Forest fungi are far more than mere mushrooms. They explore. They move nutrients and messages between plants. They can even help fight climate change.
Phloem is tissue that delivers food, made in leaves during photosynthesis, to the rest of a plant.
A partner to DNA, cells use this molecule to translate the instructions for making all of the many proteins that your body needs to function.