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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In summer, the day seems endless, while in winter, the light disappears by afternoon. For us, this mainly affects our mood. For plants, however, the length of day and night determines when they grow, ...

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

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

New Zealand has 2,200 native flowering plants and 85% of them grow nowhere else, including some spectacular displays that ...

“Many people equate plants with photosynthesis, yet Balanophora illustrates that being a plant does not require being green,” ...