Not all plants can be stored in a seed bank. Cryopreservation offers an alternative, but critics question whether this form of conservation will work.

Then consider: How could any beast become so big? The answer, according to science writer and paleontologist Riley Black, lies in plants. With a focus firmly on plants, Black masterfully uses ...

Plant seeds, for example ... while still attracting much skepticism. Science journalist Ferris Jabr’s first book, Becoming Earth, is both a testament to and modern evolution of Lovelock ...

Published in 1973, the book contained a “mix of real science, flimsy experiments, and unscientific projection,” Schlanger writes. The authors claimed that plants could feel and hear ...

I’m joined today by the author of a new book on the surprising science of plant behavior. Feltman: Zoë, thanks so much for sitting down to chat. Schlanger: It’s so great to be here.

Guest host Arielle-Duhaime Ross talks with science journalist Zoë Schlanger about her new book, The Light Eaters: How The Unseen World Of Plant Intelligence Offers A New Understanding Of Life On Earth ...

A single book nearly snuffed out the field of plant ... The issue has even leaked out of plant science: Researchers from other disciplines are weighing in. Rodolfo Llinás, a neuroscientist ...

Publishing Tuesday, "Dry Climate Gardening" is filled with color photos, straightforward plant ... science of desert gardening. When publishers first reached out about her interest in writing a ...

so it’s science-y to be sure, but never boring. This year, Giese suggests "What a Plant Knows: A Field Guide to the Senses," by Daniel Chamovitz. Share your favorite plant books with me and I ...

Science books offer an opportunity to step back from ... It’s the only pollinator that services cocoa plants, and no cocoa means no chocolate. Drisophila melanogaster, the common fruit fly ...

Interacting with plants is good for kids, but even when it's too cold to get outside and into the yard or garden, you can still use some simple plant science ... resources or books to find out ...