Plants
- Earth
The oldest place on Earth
Antarctica may seem like the dead continent, but it once bustled with life — a little of which still survives.
- Plants
Ancient flower blooms again
Scientists have found the fruit of an ancient plant that had been frozen underground in Siberia — a region covering central and eastern Russia — for about 31,800 years. Using pieces of the fruit, the scientists grew plants in a lab. The new blooms have delicate white petals. They are also the oldest flowering plants that researchers have ever revived from a deep freeze.
- Plants
Carnivorous plants say ‘cheese’
It took high-speed cameras to reveal how the bladderwort gets lunch.
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- Plants
The man who rocked biology to its core
Two hundred years later, Charles Darwin's ideas still live on.
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- Animals
A ‘book’ on every living thing
The biggest encyclopedia ever, with an entry for every living species, is available now at a computer near you.
- Plants
Flytrap machine
Inspired by the Venus flytrap, scientists have invented a material that might improve human lives.
- Plants
Seeds of the Future
Around the world, scientists are putting seeds to sleep for up to thousands of years.
- Plants
The Book of Life
Work has begun on a Web site called the Encyclopedia of Life, which aims to catalog every species on Earth.
