In honor of Native American Heritage Month, Stony Brook University hosted an educational panel discussion on Nov. 12 to ...

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

At the base of mossy trees, deep in the mountains of Taiwan and mainland Japan or nestled in the subtropical forests of ...

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

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

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

Around 410 million years ago, terrestrial life was relatively simple. There were no forests or prairies—land was largely dominated by slimy microbial mats. The types of plants that would eventually ...

Henon bamboo, a species that blooms every 120 years, faces an uncertain future after a massive flowering and the death of its ...

While many modern plants use colorful flowers to attract pollinators, ancient palm-like plants called cycads lure them by ...

Spinach also has antioxidants, flavonoids, and phytochemicals that protect your cells from oxidative stress and damage from free radicals. You’ll get vitamin C, chlorophyll, and beta-carotene from ...

Plant assets are long-term, fixed assets essential for production. These assets are depreciated over time, impacting financial statements. Investors should analyze plant assets for long-term valuation ...

A team of scientists from Monash University has identified a single gene in a land plant that could help explain how plants ...