In the damp understory of forests in Taiwan, mainland Japan, and Okinawa, a plant called Balanophora can fool you at first ...

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

Mistletoe is the common name given to a plant that is known as a obligate hemi-parasitic plant. Simply put, they are plant ...

The custom of kissing under mistletoe, which dates to the 18th century, was seen as a way to spread love during the Christmas ...

Children who are vegans and vegetarians may not be getting all the nutrients they need from their diets, a group of international researchers said Friday. Similar patterns were seen in kids on a vegan ...

Parasitic weeds extract water and nutrients from their host plants. But what makes these parasites so successful? A study led by Prof Susann Wicke from the Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity at ...

There are several nutrients that vegan and vegetarian kids can miss out on without careful planning, a review of the evidence finds. Reading time 2 minutes Is your child thinking about becoming a ...

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Balanophora species are parasitic plants that live underground and emerge above ground only during the flowering season — and some species even reproduce exclusively asexually. This collage shows ...

A parasitic plant with vibrant orange and yellow flowers that was long thought extinct in the wild has been rediscovered after around 175 years from Kerala’s Wayanad district. Researchers have ...

The children of a prominent business tycoon have accused their stepmom of siphoning off their inheritance as their father battled Alzheimer's disease, explosive court documents reveal. The descendants ...

UC Davis nematologists, including Valerie Williamson, professor emerita in the Department of Plant Pathology, and associate professor Shahid Siddique, Department of Entomology and Nematology, have ...