Plants

Plants

Plants travel wind highways

Some plants can hitchhike along invisible freeways of wind to reach distant places.

Plants

New gene fights potato blight

Adding a gene from a wild potato to the varieties we eat could stop a devastating potato disease.

Plants

City trees beat country trees

Cottonwood trees grow better in New York City than in rural places around the state.

Plants

Slower growth, greater warmth

A shift toward slower-growing trees might make Earth's climate warm up even faster.

Plants

Tracking the sun Improves plant pollen

Turning to face the sun helps snow buttercups make better pollen.