
Ecosystems
Scientists Say: Food web
All the species in an ecosystem and the feeding relationships between them get summed up with this handy picture.
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All the species in an ecosystem and the feeding relationships between them get summed up with this handy picture.
Archaeologists and an Aboriginal family are working together to find and document a First Nations group’s lost ties to the land.
Rubisco is a key protein in the process of photosynthesis, which feeds plants — and, in turn, us.
Animals and other life on Earth exhale carbon dioxide, which plants use for photosynthesis. But too much of this gas can perturb Earth’s climate.
Individual seeds on a dandelion release most easily in response to winds from a specific direction. As the wind shifts, this scatters the seeds widely.
Some foods usually called vegetables — such as tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers — are actually fruits.
Researchers in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest stumbled onto something very strange. They watched as animals “doctored” themselves with products from a tree.
Teamwork makes green-work! Collaborating scientists came up with an electrifying farming trick that could make sunlight optional.
Scientists didn’t expect the carnivorous, eggplant-shaped pitchers to be sturdy enough to grow embedded in the soil.
Damaging the leaves boosts the plant’s chemical defenses — and their appeal to cats.