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He went on to direct Planet Earth and The Private Life of Plants, before co‑founding Silverback Films in 2012 with another of Attenborough's veteran producers, Alastair Fothergill.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

Plants spend most of their lives using photosynthesis to make energy.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026

Times Plants Booth will be giving away hundreds of four-inch plants, plant-inspired stickers and packets of sunflower seeds and California poppy seeds if you sign up for the Plants newsletter.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

Plants have also suspended or reduced production in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Jordan and Qatar, whose Qafco complex accounted for 14 percent of global trade in urea.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Plants whose fruits are tasty get their seeds dispersed by animals, but the seed itself within the fruit has to be bad-tasting.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond