The wild mutualism that grows inside their stems is a testament to how life finds astonishing ways to survive—and thrive—together. What Are Ant Plants? Nature’s Living Skyscrapers Ant plants ...

However, researchers have recently found some nitrogen-fixing bacteria actually live inside plant tissue--in the leaves, stems, and roots -- with impressive results. Recent research (and ...

Flowers grow stems, leaves and petals in a perfect pattern again and again. A new study shows that even in this precise, patterned formation in plants, gene activity inside individual cells is far ...

The "plantoid" might be used to explore the Martian soil by dropping mechanical "pods" capable of communicating with a central "stem," which would send data back to Earth. The idea that plants are ...

Each has a wall inside of it, a membrane that controls ... you could move throughout the network of plant walls, from stem to leaf cells, around the stomata, out a stem and into another leaf ...