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 ...

“My long-standing aim is to rethink what it truly means to be a plant,” Kenji Suetsugu, a botanist at Kobe University in Japan, said in a statement. “For many years I have been fascinated by plants ...

Balanophora is a plant that abandoned photosynthesis long ago and now lives entirely as a parasite on tree roots, hidden in ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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