Notulae Scientia Biologicae (http://www.notulaebiologicae.ro), Issue 2, Volume 16, 2024: The papers published in this issue represent interesting novelties in different topics of life science. Among the exciting research or reviews, we invite readers to find news about: A “Teal” Deal for European agriculture; Phytochemical screening, antimicrobial, and antioxidant properties of Helianthus annuus and Hyophila involuta: A comparative account; Evaluating seed germination and early seedling growth of wild medicinal plants for saline soil cultivation; Comparative evaluation of the biochemical composition of fruits Malus spp.; Natural mycorrhizal colonization of different apricot rootstocks; Comparative study of mango cultivars at the ready-to-eat stage: The case of Western Crete, Greece, a cool subtropic region of the Mediterranean; Mosquito larvicidal bioassay with the fruit extracts of Diospyros kaki on filarial vector Culex quinquefasciatus; Rapid GC-MS based metabolic profiling of Capsicum annuum L. seeds at different phases of germination; Antimicrobial potential of Aspergillus fumigatiaffinis and A. sclerotiorum: Insights from in vitro and molecular docking investigations.