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A detailed animation explaining the needs and differences between cytokinesis in animals and plant cells. Beyond what we need, but interesting and visual.

"  Step into Cyber Chris's muddy shoes and become a virtual gardener. On your journey, your watering skills and gardening knowledge will be put to the ultimate test.      To control Cyber Chris around the gardens, simply use the arrow keys on your keyboard. Water the dying plants by walking up to them and then press the spacebar. Cyber Chris will begin watering and the plant will grow. As you run out of water you will have to collect more.

@whatedsaid's PYP project on plants around the world. 

videos of plants in motion.... germination, photomorphogenesis, tropisms, circadian responses, etc. -- from a univ for non-profit educational use

interactive website for kids about learning about plants -- from a univ dept.

Article on examples of cross-species breeds -- a zorse (horse + zebra), a liger (lion + tiger), etc. "While one might think that these oddities are examples of some kind of moral breakdown in the animal kingdom, it turns out that hybridization among distinct species is not so rare. Some biologists estimate that as many as 10 percent of animal species and up to 25 percent of plant species may occasionally breed with another species. The more important issue is not whether such liaisons occasionally produce offspring, but the vitality of the hybrid and whether two species might combine to give rise to a third, distinct species."

Article on biomimetics-applying designs from nature to solve problems in engineering, materials science, medicine, and other fields.