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Chance Instagram sighting leads to discovery of rare giant water lily in Colombia
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Botany
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Someone Posted an Instagram Selfie. Scientists Spotted a Giant New Species in the Background
An accidental Instagram selfie taken in a Colombian jungle background has led scientists to discover a brand new giant waterlily species.
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Avocados Switch Sex on a Daily Basis, And Researchers Finally Know How
Researchers have unlocked the genetic mechanism behind the daily sex-switching behavior of avocado trees, potentially accelerating breeding processes.
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Darwin’s Sticky Hairs
Recent reporting focuses on historical botanical observations regarding sticky hairs first studied by Darwin.
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Scientists identify an insect-eating plant, proving Charles Darwin right after 150 years
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Darwin proposed that a type of plant was carnivorous. Scientists finally proved him right
Scientists have confirmed Charles Darwin's long-standing hypothesis that a specific type of yellow mountain flower from China is carnivorous.
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Deadly blooms offer a genetic blueprint for making hard-to-synthesize medicinal compounds
Scientists have discovered that two deadly flowers may provide the genetic blueprint for creating hard-to-synthesize medicinal compounds.
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Scientists Calculate When The Last Plants on Earth Will Die
Scientific research published in the Geophysical Research Journal calculates a timeline for the extinction of plant life on Earth.
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Scientists Finally Solved the Mystery of How Venus Flytraps Snap Shut
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Revealed: how Venus flytraps snap shut with astonishing speed
Scientists have uncovered the mechanism behind the Venus flytrap's rapid closing speed, challenging previous theories on water flow.
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Scientists reveal surprising mechanism behind Venus flytrap’s rapid snap
Researchers have identified the biological mechanism triggering the rapid closing motion of the Venus flytrap.