The centromere is necessary for the transport of chromosomes during cell division and, therefore, for the correct ...

Balanophora is a plant that abandoned photosynthesis long ago and now lives entirely as a parasite on tree roots, hidden in ...

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

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

The tallest plants alive today can grow to over 100 meters tall. But they evolved from ancestors that were just a few ...

A plant that looks like a fungus, lives like a parasite, and clones itself in the dark—Balanophora may be one of evolution’s ...

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

A rare fossil plant reveals how early plants moved water and food, helping to explain the secrets of tree growth.

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

Blazing colors and enticing scents may be showy, but they're just one part of the toolkit plants use to lure in pollinators.

Kia India has started the production of the new Kia Seltos facelift at the Andhra Pradesh facility. Also, the prices of the ...

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