The article focuses on several studies related to botany published in the 2012 issue of various journals. Joe Arditti and colleagues in their study published in the "Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society" have identified Xanthopan morganii ssp. praedicta moth. Kevin Arrigo and colleagues in their study published in the "Science" have discovered a phytoplankton kind which last longer than a day. The study by Silvano Onofri and colleagues in the "Astrobiology" focuses on Xanthoria elegans.