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Botany

A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of Botany.

Video playlists about Botany

The secret lives of plants

Trees talk, flowers build elaborate traps and some plants can even come back from the dead. Skeptical? These fascinating talks may just grow on you.

Grow your own stuff

You’ve heard of ‘do it yourself,’ but what about ‘grow it yourself?’ Enjoy these quirky talks full of possibilities.

Plantastic!

Green, leafy, often delicious: Plants are all around us and make the ecosystem work. Hear from gardeners, vegetarians, designers and conservationists on the wonderful world of plants and vegetables.

Natural wonder

What is nature? Follow the camera's eye to many stunning places on the planet -- from the African veldt to the Amazon rainforest to the teeming world under the Arctic ice.

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Talks about Botany

Max G. Levy

No one really knows what a tree is

Lucas C. Majure

Nature's fortress: How cacti keep water in and predators out

Stuart Oda

Are indoor vertical farms the future of agriculture?

Toby Kiers

Lessons from fungi on markets and economics

Esther Meduna

Why our future relies on the genetic diversity of food

Sam Van Aken

How one tree grows 40 different kinds of fruit

Noah Wilson-Rich

Why bees hold the key to our future

Suzanne Simard

How trees talk to each other

Shubhendu Sharma

How to grow a forest in your backyard

Achenyo Idachaba

How I turned a deadly plant into a thriving business

Jill Farrant

How we can make crops survive without water

Gavin Schmidt

The emergent patterns of climate change

Greg Asner

Ecology from the air

Mohamed Hijri

A simple solution to the coming phosphorus crisis

Marla Spivak

Why bees are disappearing

Pam Warhurst

How we can eat our landscapes

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Exclusive articles about Botany

The extraordinary Antarctic plants with superhero powers

They hibernate for centuries and then come back to life! They make their own antifreeze and their own sunscreen! You’ll never look at moss the same way again.

Posted Oct 2017

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