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 ...

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

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

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

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

Ever wondered why your mango tree drops fruit before it's ripe? Each season, mango growers across Australia watch helplessly ...

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

While the marine heatwaves killing the kelp ecosystem were alarming on their own, the researchers have discovered a new ...

If you've browsed supermarket meat aisles or visited a butcher shop, you know that pork tends to be less costly than beef, ...

A paper published by URI researchers reveals key mechanisms in speciation in corals. Critically threatened by climate change, a better understanding of coral biology will help efforts to conserve and ...