My “sensitive” plant is smart, too. The mimosa pudica — also known as the sleepy plant or touch-me-not — reacts dramatically when touched or shaken. When touched lightly, its leaves collapse, two by ...

More recently, however, “plant whisperers” – super-sensitive plant lovers who talk to their lettuce seedlings or play Mozart for the orchids – have been much maligned. Even Prince Charles, a fanatic ...

Sensitive plants (Mimosa pudica) quickly fold their many leaflets when touched, burned, or wounded. But the mechanism behind how these plants swiftly turn demure—and why—isn’t clear. New research ...

Like the pure virgin maiden repulsed by the dirty fingers of the scraggy man, MIMOSA PUDICA (Touch Me Not or Sensitive Plant) quickly hides its face and body from the prowling fingers. The rapidity ...

Quantitative photographic evidence is presented indicating that in the sensitive plant Schrankia microphylla the leaf-folding response that accompanies the sensitive reaction results in a pronounced ...

There’s this plant I’ve heard about that had a really bad afternoon a few years ago. It was in its pot bothering nobody and then, suddenly, it fell. Not once, but 56 times. (I’ll explain in a minute.) ...

Some plants display animal-like behaviors. Sundew hunts insects. Skunk cabbage generates heat. Witchweed steals nutrients. Mirror orchid mimics insects. Rafflesia smells like rotting flesh. Toothwort ...

University of Western Australia provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation AU. Sound and its use in communication have shaped the ecology, evolution, behaviour, and ultimately the ...