On the origin (and fate) of plants that never bloom
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May 20, 2025, 4:36 pm By NULLLocated about 600 kilometers off the coast of West Africa, the Cape Verde Archipelago is a…New copepod species highlights fragile biodiversity in Bermuda's caves
May 20, 2025, 4:29 pm By NULLBermuda's Walsingham cave system harbors a wide diversity of cave-dwelling animals not found…Sex-specific climate responses in plants reveal flaws in biodiversity forecasts
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May 20, 2025, 3:46 pm By NULLWarzones, microplastics and light pollution pose serious new risks to bees and other pollinators…Barley grain production linked to peptide-receptor system controlling inflorescence architecture
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May 20, 2025, 2:13 pm By NULLScientists from the University of South Bohemia and the Research Institute of Farm Animal Biology…Fish driving cars and chimps doing math: What teaching animals 'irrelevant' skills reveals about our own minds
May 20, 2025, 2:10 pm By NULLDid you know goldfish can learn to drive cars? Have you heard bumblebees can learn to pull on a…How membranes may have brought about the chemistry of life on Earth
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May 20, 2025, 1:48 pm By NULLPlastic pollution is harming invertebrates at the bottom of the food chain, including beetles,…How to tackle new strains of potato blight and avoid another great famine
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May 20, 2025, 1:28 pm By NULLIf you are sneezing this spring, you are not alone. Every year, plants release billions of pollen…
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