Bees make honey, everyone knows that. But more often than not, everyone overlooks their other, more important function in the food chain: natural and effective pollinators of plants. If bees were not around to pollinate, the world would definitely be a hungrier place - and such is the reason why we should be scared that plants are bees are now currently being killed off. The details in the full article.

Sometimes, ancient life finds the the oddest places within which to hide and to leave signs. Take the case of this underground nuclear waste dump in New Mexico, for example. Scientists recently discovered the remains of ancient plant life in there. More "ancient" news follows after the jump.

The world's oldest tree root system - almost twice as old as the current record-holder listed in the Guinness Book of World Records - has been discovered by a group of Swedish researchers in a province in northern Sweden. Hit the full article for all the details.

Scientists have discovered that Crepis Sancta plants growing in urban areas have been producing heavier seeds that fall to the ground. The plant normally germinates using wind-blown seeds. While adaptation to the environment is pretty much expected in all living organisms, the speed at which it occurred was faster than most would probably expect. For more on this, check out the full article.

If doomsday movies are anything to predict the future by, the earth is subject to worldwide disasters like 100-foot tidal waves, a new ice age, and even Armageddon meteors. Or course we don't need a disaster of that magnitude to render certain species of plants to go extinct. A good drought or fire could do that. The aim of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault is to act as our insurance policy in case this happens. The facility stores some 250,000 varieties of seeds. More details in the full article.

According to new research, Brazil may have to widen the legal minimum imposed on the Amazon rainforest's establish wildlife corridors if it is to protect the forest's biodiversity.

Details on the research conducted by the University of East Anglia are in the full article.

"Roses are red, violets are blue..." or so the old rhyme goes. That may no longer hold true for some Japanese buyers next year, as a company by the name of Suntory Ltd. hopes to sell genetically modified blue roses next year. More on the "rosy" future of these oddly-colored flowers after the jump.

Definitely a breakthrough for the modern cook here. Scientists in New Zealand and Japan were able to develop an onion that doesn't cause people to end up in tears. Using biotechnology, the scientists involved were able to switch off the gene behind the enzyme that made people cry.

More on this scientific breakthrough after the jump!

A group of experts from the University of California say that fields of shiny crops could reflect the sun's ray and heat back into space and even reverse the rising temperature.

They added that this approach is very possible in agricultural and forestry areas where it is significantly affect by human activities. Details on the scientists' proposal on how to deal with global warming in the full article.

The World Wide Fund for Nature has warned of the imminent threat facing the Amazon Rainforest, one of the major natural resources available in the fight against global warning. Thanks to the effects of climate change and uncontrolled deforestation, the Amazon Rainforest could face severe damage or even destruction by the year 2030 if nothing is done about it.

Why is the Amazon Rainforest important? Find out after the jump!