#PlantBehavior

Ars Technica News

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1 month ago

New critique debunks claim that trees can sense a solar eclipse https://arstechni.ca #plantcommunication #plantbehavior #Debunking #Science #botany

Pulsing Leaves

@pulsingleaves.bsky.social

1 month ago

How Plants Sleep: Oxalis corniculata 🌿

This is nyctinasty in action: Oxalis corniculata changes leaf position between day and night.
3 days compressed into a few seconds.
#nyctinasty #PlantMovement #plantbehavior #planttimelapse #oxalis #OxalisCorniculata

Pulsing Leaves

@pulsingleaves.bsky.social

2 months ago

14 Days of Lawn Growth in 33 Seconds 🌿

I dug up a 20×30 cm patch of lawn and kept it indoors for 14 days — same chunk of grass, controlled conditions, black background. 🌿

#planttimelapse #grass #lawn #growthtimelapse #plantgrowth #botany #plantbehavior

The Ramsey Lab

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5 months ago

Bengt Autzen (University College Cork) on plants, sensitivity and optimal choice, arguing that is possible to recognize a form of risk-sensitivity in pea plants but its relation to optimal foraging theory needs to be further examined. 🌱

#evosky #philsky #philbio #hpbio #plantbehavior 🧪

The Ramsey Lab

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5 months ago

Silvia Guerra (University of Padova) on goal-directed behavior in pea plants. Plants are able to perceive elements in the environment, the features of potential supports and to modulate their behavior according to context.

#evosky #philsky #philbio #hpbio #plantbehavior 🌱🧪

Pure Science

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7 months ago

These plants build ant condos that keep warring species apart  The unique architecture of some ball-like plants high in trees in Fiji lets violent ants live peacefully and feed the plant with valuable droppings.

These plants build ant condos that keep warring species apart  #Science #Biology #Botany #PlantBehavior #Symbiosis #Biodiversity

Sudie-25

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9 months ago

A defense mechanism in action: *Mimosa nuttallii* curls its leaves when disturbed—a rapid response linked to water movement within cells. A lesson in botanical sensitivity. Loc: Cherokee Co, OK 📍 35.8571°N, 94.8213°W
#PlantBehavior #TouchSensitive #NativeSpecies #TrailsideFinds
📸 Batshit-57

Live Connected

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10 months ago

Sisyphus plant “watering” the others 🌱
Its gentle swaying is called nastic movement — a plant’s response to light, temperature, or humidity.
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🎥: @nicokokartinspiration
#plantbehavior #naturemagic #nasticmovement #plantscience

Pure Science

@purescience.news

11 months ago

Plantwatch: how flowers keep themselves and their insect visitors cosy Translucent greenhouses and petals that close in poor light encourage flying pollinators to stop by for longer It is tough being a flower in the chill air of springtime when pollinating insects are reluctant...

Plantwatch: how flowers keep themselves and their insect visitors cosy #Science #Biology #Botany #PlantBehavior #Pollination #InsectInteractions

Fabrizio Baldassarri

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1 year ago

In Bochum, I present a paper on the reasons why investigating on #17thcent #plantphilosophy adds something to the #histphilo #histsci of the time, as scholars dealt with🌾nature🌿 and life. I move from the restrictions of Aristotelianism to plant intelligence. #renbotany #plantsentience #plantbehavior