If you have walked past a pond, you may have seen algae on top of the water. Some of it is microscopic but can build up into a dense covering. Certain species of algae can even move around and...
Category: Plants
To pass on information to others about flowers to others, shorthand descriptions were given. These allowed people to pass on information quickly about where a plant can be found, what it looks like,...
If you have any plants indoors, you may notice that their stalks bend and turn towards the light. To keep the plant's shape, you may have to turn it around until it once again bends towards the...
Fungi are unable to move in the same way that animals do and cannot produce their own food. Someone recently asked me what fungi feed on, so I wanted to put together a short article to answer...
Walking through the woods the other day, I was surprised at just how many trees had holes in them. Some of them had birds flitting in and out of them, and I could see plenty of insects around...
While out walking the other day, I was overcome by the smell of giant hogweed and was surprised how many flies were flying around it. This made me wonder why they were attracted to the...