A new study maps the unusual genomes of Asia-Pacific Balanophora species, offering new insights into the evolution of ...

“My long-standing aim is to rethink what it truly means to be a plant,” Kenji Suetsugu, a botanist at Kobe University in ...

Balanophora lost photosynthesis long ago but kept tiny plastids that run key chemistry and shows how forest parasites adapt ...

Parasitic weeds extract water and nutrients from their host plants. But what makes these parasites so successful? A study led ...

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

Harvard researchers have discovered that cycads—one of the oldest living lineages of seed plants—heat up their reproductive ...

Hint: the answer is crystal clear. Water crystals are polymer-based crystals that absorb and slowly release water, acting like tiny sponges in the soil. They’re especially useful in containers, raised ...

Tucson does not add fluoride to its drinking water and remains one of six major U.S. cities without optimally fluoridated tap water. The government lowered the recommended level to 0.7 milligrams per ...