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Word choice matters: The extinction of plants and animals is a crisis, but calling it an “extinction crisis” doesn’t help

Will plants survive climate change? The 'Great Dying' reveals clues about their resilience.

Can plants defend coasts against storms?

Wheat remembers the cold: Molecular changes prepare plants for the next chill

Plants move to get away from their decaying brethren

UF study finds plants respond almost immediately to spaceflight

How plants tell time to build better roots: circadian clock gene found to control nodule formation in legumes

Plants use a molecular measuring tape to tell friend from foe

Plants, people and progress for native prairie seeds

How a desert alga helps us understand plants’ adaptability to extreme environmental conditions

Researchers solve mystery of how plants sense touch

New soil test could reveal how soil microbes help feed plants

Tracking the movement of plants

Reading the leaves: Decoding the secret cellular language of plants

Reading the leaves: Decoding the secret cellular language of plants

New comprehensive review maps the RNA regulatory landscape in plants

Plants remember past temperatures to help them track the seasons

No smartphone, no problem: Plants have their own built-in season-meter

Plants may be evolving the wrong traits for a warming world

These coastal wildflowers thrive in salt-laden air that kills other plants