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Sheila Rosas is a gardening writer for Biology Insights and a certified Extension Master Gardener in Athens, Georgia, who also volunteers weekly with local community horticulture programs. Previously a graphic designer, Rosas studied fine arts at Pomona College and focuses on plant physiology.

Why Do Flowers Have Thorns and Other Sharp Defenses?
Do Pine Cones Open and Close? And Why It Happens
Does Grass Cry When You Cut It? A Plant’s Response
Do Plants Absorb Carbon Monoxide?
Why Do Cattails Explode? The Science of Seed Dispersal
What Is a Seed Embryo? Its Structure and Function
Why Do Tumbleweeds Tumble? The Biology Explained
How Dandelion Seeds Are Dispersed: The Science of Flight
Do Plants Communicate With Each Other?
Do Venus Flytraps Have Brains? How They Sense and Respond
Can Plants Hear Music or Just Feel Vibrations?
Where does the plant get its food once the seed has germinated?
What Are Ghost Pipes? The White Plant Without Chlorophyll
How and Why Sunflowers Face the Sun
Why Are Watermelons Seedless? The Science Behind Them
How Many Plants Produce Oxygen for One Person?
What Is a Musa? The Genus of Bananas and Plantains
What Can We Conclude From Humans Cloning Plants for Millennia?
Are Onions Alive When You Cut Them? The Science Explained
Why Do Plants Disperse Their Seeds?
Can Hybrid Plants Reproduce? Why Some Can and Some Can’t
Can Plants Feel Your Energy? What Science Says
Can a Plant Really Grow Without Water?
Do Plants Need Sleep? The Science of Plant Rhythms
Is Cabbage Man-Made? How Humans Created a Common Vegetable
What Is Inside of a Seed?: From Seed Coat to Embryo
What Color Are Sunflowers & The Science of Their Hues
What Do Plants Smell Like? The Science of Plant Scents
Where Do Plants Come From? The Science of Their Origins
How Does Fruit Grow? The Journey From Flower to Fruit