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  2. Year: 2018
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Month: September 2018

An ocean apart, carnivorous pitcher plants create similar communities

Posted on September 25, 2018

Asian pitchers transplanted to Massachusetts bogs can mimic the living communities of natives so well that the pitcher plant mosquito — a specialized insect that evolved to complete its life cycle exclusively in North American pitchers — lays eggs in the impostors, new research shows.

Blazes of light reveal how plants signal danger long distances

Posted on September 14, 2018

The plants produce a protein that only fluoresces around calcium, letting the researchers track its presence and concentration. Then came caterpillar bites, scissor cuts and crushing wounds.

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