Botany
Botanics

Queen of the water lilies
Victoria boliviana is the newest species of giant water lily to be recognized by science
By Redação
Botanics

Farming with lunar soil
Plants cultivated in lunar soil grow slower and show more signs of stress than those grown in volcanic ash from Earth
By Redação
Paleontology

São Paulo was once covered by forest
São Paulo Metropolitan Area was once covered by vast forest of araucaria trees between 180,000 and 135,000 years ago
By Redação
biotechnology

Artificial neuron controls carnivorous plant
Researchers build artificial neuron with material compatible with biological tissues
By Redação
biodiversity

South America’s Endangered Oases
With only 4% of their area protected, fog oases are threatened by urbanization, mining, increased air pollution, and off-road trails
By Redação
Video

The plant biological clock benefits agriculture
Understanding the plant circadian rhythms, and learning how to manipulate them, may widen cultivation options | 2'42
By Redação
Photolab

The phoenix tree
Like the mythical bird that rises from the ashes, the andira tree sprouts from the ground after wildfires in the Cerrado
By Redação
Biology

Underground dispute
A team of researchers from the USA, Spain, and Brazil have explained the growth behavior of plant roots
By Redação
Photolab

Plant-stem lace
If you take a thin slice of a young stem of Acleisanthes chenopodioides and look at it under a microscope, this is what you will see
By Redação
Photolab

Inside the vines
The dyed stem cross-sections in the images show the stiffer and the more flexible parts of forest vines
By Redação
Botany

Plants with miner roots
Study demonstrates a new function of the roots of B. tomentosa and B. macrantha
By Redação