The study reveals how Balanophora plants function despite abandoning photosynthesis and, in some species, sexual reproduction ...

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

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

This rare plant looks like a mushroom is actually a parasitic flowering species. Scientists reveal how Balanophora survives ...

In addition to exposing weaknesses in our land management policy and practices in terms of irrigation and road infrastructure ...

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

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

Each season, mango growers across Australia watch helplessly as millions of mangoes fall to the ground too early. Here’s why ...

Scientists expected Chernobyl to be a dead zone — but instead, wolves, plants, and other life are thriving in radiation. Even stranger? These organisms are showing traits they shouldn’t have — faster ...