From the Miami blue to the Schaus' swallowtail, South Florida is home to many endangered and declining pollinator species that only exist here.
Plants & Animals
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As the world grapples with the intertwined challenges of global forest degradation and climate change, traditional forest restoration approaches have shown critical shortcomings. These approaches, which have long focused ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 15, 2025
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In ecosystems around the world, fungi play crucial roles in supporting plant life. Their ability to form connections between plant roots can enhance water and nutrient uptake and promote plant growth. While fungal symbioses ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 30, 2025
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In a new study, scientists used nearly every tool in their toolkit—genomics, transcriptomics, greenhouse experiments and advanced statistical methods—to gain new insight into the complex chemical interactions that take ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jul 28, 2025
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A University of Michigan study finds that plants growing in nutrient-rich soil may be more likely to defend themselves against insects.
Plants & Animals
Jul 21, 2025
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Odd plants from a remote Pacific island reveal new insights into an important ecological question: how unrelated and antagonistic partners can form long-term mutualistic relationships with the same host.
Plants & Animals
Jul 10, 2025
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If you walk through a forest and look down, you might think you're stepping on dead leaves, twigs and soil. In reality, you're walking over a vast underground patchwork of fungal filaments, supporting life above ground.
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Jul 5, 2025
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Garden snails and aphids are venomous animals. This is the startling outcome of a new study that argues for a radical shift in how we think about venom. It proposes a wider definition that would also include animals that ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 23, 2025
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The colorful pigment extracted from the lac insect may actually be produced by a symbiotic yeast-like organism living inside the insect, a new study by researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has found. The ...
Ecology
Jun 17, 2025
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A new report, co-authored by Washington State University conservation biologist Cheryl Schultz, provides a roadmap for recovering butterfly populations across the U.S.
Plants & Animals
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