Plants That Can Detect Touch Without Any Nervous System
Plants use a complex system of cellular sensors and chemical signals to perceive their environment.
Plants use a complex system of cellular sensors and chemical signals to perceive their environment.
Discover which common backyard plants contain compounds that can be dangerously toxic to your pets and what to do in an emergency.
Understand how some plants use natural chemicals to suppress the growth of others and how to use this knowledge in your garden.
Discover the clever survival strategies certain plants use to incapacitate insects without delivering a fatal blow.
Discover the evolutionary reasons why certain plants have developed the strange strategy of smelling like dead animals to ensure their survival.
Discover how plants use a complex chemical vocabulary to call for help when under attack from pests.
Learn about the remarkable genetic strategy that enables some vegetation to become more robust after damage.
Learn about the fascinating process of chemical warfare used by some vegetation to suppress competition and shape entire ecosystems.
Discover the scientific evidence showing how plants sense and react to the specific vibrations made by feeding insects.
Discover the hidden electrical network that allows plants to actively perceive and react to their environment.