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A new study published in Science shows that these plants—called cycads—use infrared radiation from heat as a signal to ...

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The time a spider plant mom remains tethered to her spiderette can be influenced by the daughter plant's environment.

Balanophora plants represent an extreme example of this shift. They do not produce their own food through photosynthesis but ...

In an underwater nursery just off the Dominican Republic coast, tiny corals born in a laboratory are slowly growing under the ...

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

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

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

ABSTRACT: For the first time, the biological features (morphological features of vegetative and generative organs) of 8-year-old Colchicum autumnale were studied in the conditions of the introduction ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Here’s how these three powerful plants revolutionized ...

Anther development is a complex process essential for plant reproduction and crop yields. In recent years, significant progress has been made in the identification and characterization of the bHLH ...