New research into the biomechanics of explosive seed dispersal in squirting cucumbers (Ecballium elaterium) reveals how these plants have adapted a suite of unique traits that help propel their ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. With the lightest touch, this plant bursts open, flinging its seeds through the air. Here’s ...

OXFORD, England — In the Mediterranean countryside, gardeners have learned to approach a certain cucumber with caution. Not because it’s poisonous or thorny, but because this seemingly innocent plant ...

Three summers ago, Kiel University biomechanist Stainslav Gorb, returned to Germany after a vacation in Turkey with a present for Ph.D. student Helen Gorges. "He came back and was like, 'Helen, I ...

Anna Nordseth is an ecology writer and Duke University Ph.D. candidate specializing in tropical forest ecology, conservation research, and biodiversity. Think plants can’t move? You’re only half right ...