Fertilizing your lawn in early spring is always a good idea. But if there is an unexpected frost, you may wonder if it will ...

Balanophora is a plant that abandoned photosynthesis long ago and now lives entirely as a parasite on tree roots, hidden in dark forest undergrowth. Scientists surveying rare populations across East ...

Considered natural allies against climate change due to their absorption of carbon dioxide, plants may however offer more ...

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 ...

Overestimated nitrogen availability has led climate models to exaggerate how much plant growth can offset rising CO2 levels. Rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are a major driver of ...

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

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

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

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The tragic news of the loss of the world's last remaining northern white rhino begs the question: Can it be brought back?