RNA-expression patterns in the tips of the weevils’ antennae suggests that these organs produce a protein known to help other ...

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 ...

A weird-looking parasitic plant has discarded all its photosynthesis machinery – and nevertheless has found a way to thrive.

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

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

In a finding that challenges long-held assumptions about plant behaviour, scientists from India have reported what they ...

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

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A homeowner captured a beautiful garden visitor in their backyard, one that plays an important role in the health and ...

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

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 ...