Most orchid species have a symbiotic relationship with the natural fungi found in their roots. The plants provide the fungi with sugar through photosynthesis and the orchids receive important water ...

The Department of Conservation (DOC) said Cuscuta campestris - also known as golden dodder - was known to be only in north ...

Researchers say Australia is in a unique position to prepare native species for the impacts of the Varroa destructor—a mite ...

The Kobe University botanist SUETSUGU Kenji says: "I've always been intrigued by how orchids turn parasitic. Why would a plant give up its reliance on photosynthesis and instead 'steal' from fungi?" ...

La Trobe University researchers have been studying the novel bacterium Mycosynbacter amalyticus —dubbed "microbial dark ...

Researchers have identified two key genes, SbSLT1 and SbSLT2, which help sorghum resist Striga, a parasitic plant responsible for major crop losses, by preventing its germination. Sorghum, or ...

In a new study, researchers discovered a key process where malarial parasites take up a human blood cell ... Feb. 19, 2025 — Why have some orchids stopped photosynthesis and become parasites ...

Birds do it, chimps do it, even monarch butterflies do it – and by paying more attention to how animals self-medicate, we can ...

An exhibit that encompasses an ecological record of Monhegan Island is on view now at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art and ...

Tomatoes are one of the most popular, if not the most popular, crops in our vegetable gardens, although, as you probably know ...

New research shows that eating a wide variety of plants is one of the strongest drivers of a balanced ... An illustrated view ...