While biofuels may be a boon for motorists besieged by the constantly rising price of gas, they may also cause the disappearance of one of the most well-known alcoholic drinks in the world, tequila. What'll happen to National Tequila Day now?

There's a company that's taking the fast track to developing algae fuel. How soon can they deliver the goods, and how are they doing it? Details after the jump.

Biofuels are more environment-friendly than fossil fuel, sure, but is it worth the price? According to a leaked report, Biofuel production has forced global food prices up by as much as 75%. When you use food to create gas instead of eating it, a tug-of-war was inevitable. Read more about it in the full article.

I usually disapprove of genetic manipulation, especially when I heard about the glow-in-the-dark cats last year, but I'm actually not against this new project from Mars (the chocolate company, not the planet). Mars wants to decode the genetic structure of the cacao tree. That is, the plant where chocolate comes from. Story in the full article.

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.