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The African Plant Database lists 65,000 species of flowering plants, ferns and conifers found on the African continent and ...
In southern California’s Coachella Valley, pale sand dunes sprawl under the desert sun, shifting and re-forming in the wind.
Rabat - Scientists estimate that nearly two in five plant species face extinction and over 31% of the world’s 390,000 known ...
With a little careful planning, biodiversity can be created when a new landscape is designed or increased if correct plants replace plants that die.
Experts want to combat new species of plants that are moving around within the United States, and coming from around the ...
Based on data from the Noah’s Ark National Biological Diversity Database, managed by the General Directorate of Nature ...
A federally funded analysis led by Brown University biologists found that different species of large herbivores have diets ...
Root microbiomes contain microbes that help plants survive times of stress and may potentially improve crop yields in ...
More than 500 native plants in San Diego County are held in a Native Seed Bank at the zoo. Those seeds are dried down to a ...
Plants produce a wide diversity of compounds. Broadly, these are separated into primary metabolites, which are necessary for ...
The lush, tropical regions of Central and South America have long dazzled scientists with their plant diversity. These ...
Vanilla flavoring is widely used in food, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics. The primary source, Vanilla planifolia, however, is ...