Working together, three botanists discover a new plant species in the Knuckles mountain range of central Sri Lanka.
April 13 is Plant Appreciation Day!
Appreciate a plant by learning more about them. Here is a great place to start!
Today’s Guest: Apium graveolens, commonly known as Celery Sofia Ceiba: Howdy! Today we are meeting someone that may be familiar to you all as a healthy nutritious snack or ingredient in your favorite … Yelly Celery: SNACK FOOD! WHY DOES IT ALWAYS HAVE TO BE SNACK FOOD?! …
Learn more about Venus flytraps and how to protect them. Visit the US Fish & Wildlife Service website: https://www.fws.gov/southeast/wildlife/plants/venus-flytrap/ https://www.fws.gov/southeast/articles/buyer-beware-do-not-buy-poached-venus-flytrap-plants/ *Mongabay Kids is not responsible for content published on external sites.
Today’s guest: Begonia giganticaulis, the world’s tallest begonia Sofia: Hello, I’m Sofia Ceiba! Today we come to you from southern Tibet where we are going to meet a plant that has just been described by science. She is a begonia species, and her new scientific…
Butterflies do all kinds of cool things. They fly, pollinate plants, and slurp nectar out of flowers with tongues as long as their bodies. They also help rediscover plants that have been missing since 1888! Himesh Dilruwan Jayasinghe was chasing a small leopard butterfly (named…
Elephants strip off pieces of it for lunch, popping it into their mouths like giant potato chips. The southern ground hornbill makes its house inside of it, turning it into a cozy living room. Humans use the fiber from its bark as a material for making…
Biologist Nilanthi Rajapakse (pictured below) of the Department of Wildlife Conservation in Sri Lanka discovered a new plant species with years of careful observation and field work. Nilanthi Rajapakse. Image courtesy of the Department of Wildlife Conservation. Mongabay writer Malaka Rodrigo explains how Nilanthi Rajapakse discovered…
Today’s guest: the coastal redwood (Also known as the coast redwood or California redwood.) Sofia: Hi, I’m Sofia Ceiba, and on this episode of Talking to Plants we are going to meet the coastal redwood (Sequoia sempervirens). We are going live to Redwood National Park to…
Plant research report, exploring ecosystems lesson.