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Aerial image of farmland for dairy cattle next to a surviving forest patch.
Science

Ecuadorean cloud forest’s recent mass extinction found to be a mirage

Ashwini Sakharkar

Many of Centinela's plants are still on the brink of extinction.

Fabiany Herrera (left) and Mónica Carvalho (right) at the fossil plant locality, holding the newly-discovered earliest grape from the Western Hemisphere.
Science

Death of the dinosaurs helped grapes spread globally

Amit Malewar

60-million-year-old grape seeds reveal the death of the dinosaurs may have paved the way for grapes to spread.

Women watching leaves
Health

Unlocking aging secrets within leaves

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Golgi integrity, COG, and the onset of dark-induced senescence.

tomato plants
Plants

How do tomato plants protect themselves from drought?

Pranjal Malewar

Combining new and classical methods.

A diverse community of land plants, ranging from mosses to flowering species, grow together in boggy stream in the Cairngorms National Park, Scotland.
Plants

Unveiling how plants evolved over the past billion years

Vidya Nagalwade

Explore the evolutionary process of plants with this Nature Plants study.

Image showing Green Sea Turtle grazing seagrass.
Plants

The future model predicts seagrass loss and species decline

Vidya Nagalwade

Stanford study predicts future seagrass abundance, highlighting conservation efforts.

Image showing plants
Plants

Plants can sense when something touches them and stops

Pranjal Malewar

Even without nerves, plants can sense when something touches them and when it lets go.

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