The study reveals how Balanophora plants function despite abandoning photosynthesis and, in some species, sexual reproduction. Their plastid genomes shrank dramatically in a shared ancestor, yet the ...

Balanophora plants represent an extreme example of this shift. They do not produce their own food through photosynthesis but instead draw nutrients directly from the roots of other plants. Most of ...

Through pollination and feeding on all parts of plants, insects influence which plants thrive, which struggle, and even ...

Ants living in the soil of your plants are a problem that most people have experienced; however, these creatures do more than ...

Humans like plants. We like seeing them change the colour of their leaves throughout the year. They connect us to nature even if we live in a big ...

In the damp understory of forests in Taiwan, mainland Japan, and Okinawa, a plant called Balanophora can fool you at first ...

A new study published in Science shows that these plants—called cycads—use infrared radiation from heat as a signal to ...

New research shows potatoes evolved from tomatoes through ancient plant mixing that created underground tubers.

As NASA plans for long-term human missions beyond Earth, one question keeps resurfacing: how do you sustain life in places ...

Beavers, earthworms, prairie dogs, elephants, and more don't just live in ecosystems, they reshape them to the benefit of ...

Dipteryx oleifera trees not only survive lightning strikes, they grow taller, lose rivals, and reproduce more successfully.