Trees Do Their Best Work with Thermostats at 70 : NPR

Seventy degrees is a lovely, comfortable temperature for most people. And the same turns out to be true for all sorts of tree species. In fact, scientists have found that trees actually have tricks they use to keep their leaves close to that perfect temperature.

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Plants Found to Show Preferences for Their Relatives - NYTimes.com

By CAROL KAESUK YOON
Published: June 10, 2008

scientists have found evidence that the sea rocket is able to do something that no other plant has ever been shown to do.
The sea rocket, researchers report, can distinguish between plants that are related to it and those that […]

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Levy Foundation gives $15 million for new native plant garden | lohud.com | The Journal News

By Bill Cary
The Journal News • May 25, 2008

The Leon Levy Foundation is giving $15 million to The New York Botanical Garden to create a 3.5-acre Native Plant Garden.
The garden, which […]

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NPR: Do Your Plants Suffer From Indignation?
 

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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Tropics insects ‘face extinction’

 
Many tropical insects face extinction by the end of this century unless they adapt to the rising global temperatures predicted, US scientists have said.
Researchers led by the University of Washington said insects in the tropics were much more sensitive to temperature changes than those elsewhere.

Unlike warm-blooded […]

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