Flowering around April and May each year the plant's spiralling petals and deep purple-coloured head resemble an octopus. Sri Lanka for the sensitive mimosa pudica ... on tree roots and bark.

Bought these Touch-Me-Not plant seeds from some market in Amsterdam a year ago, kinda cool :) "Mimosa pudica is a creeping ...

Scientists have discovered how plants adapt their root systems in drought conditions ... the more we understand the mechanisms that control plant growth, the closer we are to designing systems ...

Scientists have discovered how plants adapt their root systems in drought conditions to grow steeper into the soil to access deeper water reserves. Plant scientists from the University of ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A gene mutation in Medicago truncatula enhances plant root partnerships with nitrogen-fixing bacteria and arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi, improving nutrient uptake ...

A mutation that causes an amino-acid substitution in a channel called CNGC15 in the plant cell’s nucleus boosts the formation of such endosymbiotic relationships. Studying ion channels in their ...

In PEOPLE's exclusive first look at the Jan. 14 episode of Finding My Roots, The View co-host, 82, learns that her grandfathers from both her paternal and maternal sides lived a stone's throw away ...

Gates, who has been the host of the PBS series “Finding Your Roots” since it premiered in 2012, has helped many celebrities uncover what’s hiding in their family tree. Sometimes, stars aren ...

Putricia has been placed behind a velvet rope in Sydney's botanic gardens An endangered plant known as the "corpse flower" for its putrid stink is blooming in Australia - and captivating the ...

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. reveals inspiring ancestors of novelist Amy Tan & poet Rita Dove. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. maps the roots of two award-winning writers: novelist Amy Tan and poet Rita Dove ...

A groundbreaking study reveals how pseudouridine modifications across plant RNA species orchestrate translation dynamics, and provides a comprehensive atlas of these modifications in four major ...