Plants are born and grow. Some plants, like geraniums, grow very quickly. Others, like oak trees, grow very slowly. Plants make their own food. They use their roots to get water and minerals from the ...

Now, that may sound a funny question, but plants, just like people, are living things and, in many ways, all living things are alike. The trouble is when you think about plants doing the things ...

Can all living things—plants, insects and bacteria—be albino? Lilliana Hitchcock, Houston, Texas If by “albino” you mean an organism lacking the pigment melanin, then loosely speaking ...

When you make houseplants your hobby, you end up spending a lot of money on unique varieties. These plants become investment ...

Plant cells have several structures not found ... an event that had dramatic consequences for the evolution of all living things on Earth (Figure 1). Today, chloroplasts retain small, circular ...

Plants are part of a once balanced system that saw carbon cycling in and out of natural reservoirs in the land, sea, atmosphere and living things. So, could farmers redress the balance by using ...

We visit Kew Gardens to look for evidence that plants are living things. A useful clip to explore the subject of life processes and demonstrate the similarities between plants and animals.