Botany
BOTANY
Rescuing a species
Ways to conserve the tree that has become a symbol of Minas Gerais endurance
PALEOBOTANY
A forest of water and fire
Fossils in a coalfield in Rio Grande do Sul reveal a swampy landscape
Nanuza Luiza de Menezes
Nanuza Luiza de Menezes: A passion for plants
Botanist helped establishing plant anatomy as a study field in Brazil
BOTANY
Underground strategies
Root specializations enable plants to live in impoverished environments
SCIENTIFIC COLLECTIONS
Millions of plants online
Virtual herbaria gathers information on plant collections from other countries
Flora
Back to São Paulo
A grass once considered extinct in São Paulo is now discovered again
By Redação
botany
Tiny pools in the sertão
Bromeliad leaves create a natural trap for pollen in the badlands
By Redação
Vanderlan Bolzani
Vanderlan da Silva Bolzani: The chemistry of natural products
Research seeks international cooperation and investigates molecules
By Ricardo Zorzetto and Mariluce Moura
SPECIAL BIOTA EDUCATION XIV
The elements in the forests
Changes in organic compound cycles could speed ecosystem deterioration
biota-fapesp education VI
Atlantic Forest is the theme of the 6th Biota Education
Talks stress Atlantic Forest's exuberance and the threats it faces
By Redação
sun protection barrier
Arnica’s sunscreen
Leaf compound helps arnica to withstand sun exposure in the Cerrado
By Redação
Inselbergs
Birthplace of new botanic species
Rock outcrops may serve as birthplaces for plant species
By Redação
Photosynthesis
Plants embedded with nanotubes
carbon nanotubes increase plants' ability to harvest solar energy
By Redação
Chemistry
Artificial photosynthesis
Lab-made molecules mimic the energy production mechanism of plants
climate change
Coffee with more gas
Coffee plants grow bigger when there is more CO2 in the atmosphere