An experiment in the Daintree rainforest found the rate of photosynthesis in leaves warmed by 4°C dropped by an average of 35 ...

Global Change Biology. 18:2661 - 2675 Rosenthal DM and DR Ort (2012) Examining cassava,s potential to enhance food security under climate change. Tropical Plant Biology. DOI : ...

Jan. 9, 2025 — A research team has carried out the most comprehensive assessment to date of how logging and conversion to oil palm plantations affect tropical forest ecosystems. The results ...

More information: Alviana Damit et al, Sabah's hidden giant: Nepenthes pongoides (Nepenthaceae), a micro-endemic tropical pitcher plant from northern Borneo, Australian Journal of Botany (2024).

Wildlife and plants have inspired our histories ... About 90 percent of primates — the group that contains monkeys, lemurs, lorids, galagos, tarsiers, and apes (as well as humans) — live in tropical ...

Jan. 3, 2025 — Biologists have shown that the surfaces of plant leaves are coated with a diverse array of RNA molecules. The finding suggests that the RNA present on the leaf surface may play a ...

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From a flower which resembles a brain to a three-metre-tall plant that smells of rotting flesh ... Identifiable by its beautiful flowers, wolf's bane is a fast-acting poison which can result in nausea ...

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