The other evening, I was sitting in the living room reading when I glanced at a bird flying past the window and noticed water drops on the leaves of our Monstera deliciosa plant. This phenomenon, ...

How do plants defend themselves against pathogenic micro-organisms? This is a complex puzzle, of which a team of biologists from the University of Amsterdam has solved a new piece. The team, led by ...

Hydathodes are specialised leaf structures that facilitate guttation, the exudation of xylem sap as droplets at leaf margins or surfaces under conditions of high root pressure and low transpiration.