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Plants do not stay silent. New research shows how plant diversity changes smell based communication across ecosystems.

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Corinne Campbell & Daniel Urban teaches ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander about how plants breathe. Plants breathe and ...

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Spider plants are one of the easiest houseplants to maintain, but if you've noticed some browning tips on the leaves, here's ...

An unusual arrangement of leaves in a 407-million-year-old fossilized plant is complicating scientists’ understanding of plant evolution. Most land plants living today have spiral patterns involving ...

If you were a Girl Scout or a Boy Scout, you probably heard the adage "leaves of three, let them be" to deter you from getting poison ivy rash. And, while it is true that a poison ivy leaf contains ...

Rock salt separates into sodium and chloride ions when dissolved in water. These ions can cause damage to the inner workings ...

Waiting until winter passes may be waiting too long if you want to take advantage of growing this leafy green veggie from ...