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    Science 1902 photo shows creeper plant that devoured an entire tree Ellsworth Toohey
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  • image: Florida Museum
    plants Fossilized "alien plant" from 47 million years ago unlike anything alive today Allan Rose Hill
  • image: Hadassah International
    agriculture Mystery tree grown from 1,000-year-old seed likely source of ancient medicinal balm Allan Rose Hill
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    Science This scientist fed his own flesh to a Venus Flytrap David Pescovitz
  • botany Remembering 31-year-old botanist Gabriel Trujillo Jennifer Sandlin
  • agriculture Scientists have figured out a way to farm metals from plants Thom Dunn
  • Science The weird biology of the Venus flytrap David Pescovitz
  • Photos of plants by William Arnold
    art Gorgeous black-and-white images of plants Clive Thompson
  • Photo of vanilla being pollinated by hand, by Brock
    colonialism How a 19th-century slave kickstarted the world's vanilla-farming market Clive Thompson
  • Science Scientists have figured out why some plant leaves are unwettable Andrea James
  • trees Your allergies are bad because of tree sexism Thom Dunn
  • happy mutants North Carolina's new botanical "First in Fly-Eat" license plates Cory Doctorow
  • chicago Abandoned coyote pup gets the care it deserves Séamus Bellamy
  • Science Researchers infuse plants with chemicals to glow for hours Andrea James
  • Science Plants are monsters Cory Doctorow
  • Science Newly-discovered orchid smells like champagne David Pescovitz
  • video This remarkable timelapse of flowers took 3 years to film Andrea James
  • Science The sophisticated, hidden ways that trees cooperate and protect each other Cory Doctorow
  • video Charming animated primer on plant communication Andrea James
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