Emerald ash borer killing more than just trees
More than just the architecture and student body changed over the last century at the University of Illinois in Urbana. There was a point where you couldn’t see from one […]
Category Archives: Botany
Science only adds…
Let’s kick off the new year with some beauty rendered more beautiful through the lens of science. Animator and director Fraser Davidson created a video around a clip of theoretical […]
Pitcher plant kills by slipperyness
The pitcher plant Heliamphora nutans puts the Sarlacc to shame; this carnivorous plant kills more efficiently and with considerably less effort. Researchers have been studying the physical properties of the plant […]
Penguin Hops hits taps today
It’s not very often that an aquarium and a brewery can come together on a project… especially beer. You can be the judge of the collaboration’s success today – Penguin […]
And you thought Venus Flytraps were cool…
But can they catapult their prey to their doom? I think not. The sundew has long been a very unassuming carnivorous plant. Species that live in the United States are […]
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