The Agave Americana, or maguey of the Mexicans, is known as the century plant among our collections, the latter name being given to it from the erroneous idea that it bloomed once in a hundred ...

Plant cells have several structures not found in other eukaryotes. In particular, organelles called chloroplasts allow plants to capture the energy of the Sun in energy-rich molecules; cell walls ...

Pulque (pronounced pull-kay, and sometimes called octli) is an ancient adult beverage made from the fermented sap of the maguey plant. It is common throughout Central Mexico, which has the prime ...

The hunt for one of the world’s most precious plants begins at the base of a mountain covered in dense brush, concealing the treasure that — with any luck — lies somewhere up the slope.

Oct. 3, 2024 — Pockets of microbes have been found living within a sealed fracture in 2-billion-year-old rock. The rock was excavated from the Bushveld Igneous Complex in South Africa, an area ...

The sap of agave plants, which is toxic to people if it's not cooked, is harvested from the heart of the plant. It's then extracted, filtered, and heated to create the product sold in stores.

Plants help people and animals to live. Plants provide food for people and animals to eat. They also make oxygen. All people and animals need oxygen to breathe. Plants are a very important part of ...

CHILD: There are some over here. NAOMI: A plant is a living thing that grows and makes new plants. There are many different types of plants around us, including plants that flower, grasses ...

But the convenience doesn’t stop there. Some retailers now also give shoppers detailed instructions on how to care for their plants after purchase, so even if you’re just starting to dip your ...

Senior Editor: Jun Lyu, PhD, Springer Nature, China. Before joining Nature Plants in 2014, Jun received his PhD from the Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, where he studied ...