QUESTION: How do seedless plants reproduce? ANSWER: Scientists estimate that there are approximately 400,000 species of plants on Earth. It is no surprise that there are many forms of plant ...

This week we’re featuring five winners of the 2012 Academic Minute Senior Superlatives. Chris Martine from SUNY Plattsburgh took home the Best Smile honor for letting us in on the secret world of ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A study out of Harvard and Purdue universities is starting to unravel the genetic mechanisms that allow some plants to duplicate their entire genomes and continue to reproduce.

Honeybees, which are not native to the United States, may be outcompeting native bees for pollen. Ed Reschke via Getty Images Honeybees are often heralded as a symbol of biodiversity and a key species ...

You find out the hard way that buying a holly sapling for your garden is a game of Christmas Russian roulette. There is a 50 per cent chance of getting a female which, if pollinated, produces festive ...

Flowers attract pollinators via bright colours and beautiful aromas and some resort to trickery in an effort to reproduce. FLOWERING PLANTS HAVE been getting in on the act of reproduction for 100 ...

When we think about plants and trees, we mostly focus on their beauty and the shade they provide. Plants are incredibly diverse when it comes to their reproductive strategies. Most plants have flowers ...

Activity 1 – Tap and find Activity 2 – Flowering plant quiz Activity 3 – Steps of flowering reproduction Activity 4 – Label the sexual organs Unlike animals, plants don’t need a male and a female to ...

Plants give us life, but how do they reproduce has long been a mystery. Now, biologists from the University of Leicester have undressed the genetic hierarchy in plant sperm cell formation. The ...

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-988001.mp3 Albany, NY – In today's Academic Minute, Dr. Chris Martine of the State University of ...