Climate change is wreaking havoc on delicate relationship between orchids and bees
Rising temperatures have wrecked a relationship, which relies on precision timing to succeed, between a rare orchid species and the Buffish Mining-bee which pollinates...
Tracking Aedes mosquito invasions in Panama
Mosquitoes in the genus Aedes, which carry viruses causing yellow fever, chikungunya and Zika, invaded the crossroads of the Americas multiple times, by land...
Cells that trigger flowering
How do plants 'know' it is time to flower? A new study uncovers exactly where a key protein forms before it triggers the flowering...
Lizards, mice, bats and other vertebrates are important pollinators, too
Although less familiar as flower visitors than insect pollinators, vertebrate pollinators are more likely to have coevolved tight relationships of high value to the...
First land plants were parasitized by microbes
Sainsbury Laboratory researchers have found that the relationship between plants and filamentous microbes not only dates back millions of years, but that modern plants...
In zebrafish, the cholera bacterium sets off a surprising flush
Researchers experimenting with live zebrafish witnessed a 200 percent increase in the strength of intestinal contractions soon after exposure to the cholera-causing bacterium Vibrio...
Kelp jerky start-up blows through crowdfunding goal
One of the most sustainable foods on the planet is, apparently, in high demand.
Gene boosts rice growth and yield in salty soil
Soil salinity poses a major threat to food security, greatly reducing the yield of agricultural crops. Rising global temperatures are expected to accelerate the...
The circadian clock controls the cell cycle and tumor growth in plants
Biological rhythms are ubiquitous in nature, from the beating of the heart to the rhythms of flowering plants. A research team has shown that...
Unique communication strategy discovered in stem cell pathway controlling plant growth
Researchers have identified a receptor on plant stem cells that can issue different instructions about how to grow. Tweaking this pathway can lead to...
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