N. Korean leader Kim visited what state media called a key military factory on Friday, inspecting upgraded production lines ...

Balanophora plants represent an extreme example of this shift. They do not produce their own food through photosynthesis but ...

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 ...

Some plants bend the rules of plant life so far that they barely resemble plants at all. Balanophora is one of them - a ...

"I love it when I find native wildlife using my property as their breeding ground/incubator!" Homeowner delighted after ...

Balanophora is a plant that abandoned photosynthesis long ago and now lives entirely as a parasite on tree roots, hidden in dark forest undergrowth. Scientists surveying rare populations across East ...

The time a spider plant mom remains tethered to her spiderette can be influenced by the daughter plant's environment.

As typical crop yields shrink in the face of drought, growing and distilling agave may be a sustainable solution ...

Prize recognizes Venkatesan Sundaresan and Imtiyaz Khanday’s work marking a breakthrough for sustainable agriculture ...

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

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

In Indigenous Asháninka belief, bees were once spirits in human form. Stories tell of a woman who enjoyed making masato, a ...