Learn how an underground plant is redefining what plants need to survive.

A weird-looking parasitic plant has discarded all its photosynthesis machinery – and nevertheless has found a way to thrive.

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

This plant, called a fairy lantern, is a parasite that steals all its energy and nutrients from mycorrhizal fungi that dwell ...

The traditional carol “The Holly and the Ivy” mentions two of the evergreen plants associated with the holidays. Ivy, holly ...

There are some Christmas customs whose origins many people don't quite know, but which have been passed down through ...

The tradition of kissing under the mistletoe started in England in the 19th century. According to mistletoe etiquette, a man ...

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

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

How mistletoe became Oklahoma's official "floral emblem" is a tale worthy of Charles Dickens, "A Christmas Carol" of life and ...

ADRIANE TOBIAS’ forest work composite image from Adriane Tobias/Facebook When Adriane Tobias discusses the life that thrives ...

There are some 5,000 species of cockroach, many filling vital ecological niches, from pollinating the fascinating ...