Wayne County, Mississippi faces high Parkinson’s death rates as a nearby plant emits thousands of pounds of paraquat, a toxic ...

What unites animals, plants, fungi, and protists in the same domain is the fact that they’re all composed of eukaryotic cells ...

Equipment cleaning could prevent branched broomrape, help growersCalifornia’s processing tomato industry for the first time ...

Tomatoes grow well on their own, but these key companion plants can deter pests, attract pollinators, and help ensure a ...

When thinking of plants, one of the first things which likely crosses your mind is the fact that they’re green, a color due to the presence of chlorophyll, the pigment vital for photosynthesis. And ...

And yet there are a handful of plants on Long Island that aren’t green and don’t make their own food by using sunlight and carbon dioxide. These fascinating group of plants are known as parasitic ...

WASHINGTON — The parasitic dodder plant, or strangleweed, doesn't have a nose, but it knows how to sniff out its prey. The dodder attacks such plants as tomatoes, carrots, onions, citrus trees, ...

The main diet of Nepenthes rajah is insects, ants and shrew poo. But small mammals that slip inside make for a real treat. Getty Popular among collectors, pitcher plants produce relatively ...

Hydnora is a parasitic plant that spends nearly its entire life hidden beneath the soil. It lacks leaves and chlorophyll, relying completely on host plants for water and nutrients. Only its bizarre ...

Deep within damp forests around the world, rare, tiny plants hide underground and occasionally sprout flowers above the surface. The bright, petite structures have led to the nickname “fairy lanterns.

What looks like a mushroom, but isn’t a fungus, and after losing much of what characterized its botanical ancestors, evolved into one of nature’s most bizarre parasites instead? “Balanophora has lost ...