About 1% of flowering plants (around 4,000 species) are parasitic. Read on to discover 10 interesting examples of parasitic plants, where they can be found and how they steal nutrients from other ...

Parasitic weeds are ruthless freeloaders, stealing nutrients from crops and devastating harvests. But what if farmers could ...

Researchers report the first example of large-scale RNA-based communication between species—a parasitic plant and two of its hosts. Amid cuts to federal funding, US universities tighten budgets, ...

Researchers have discovered the mechanism that drives the parasitic vine Cuscuta campestris to insert organs into plants after making contact with the hosts.

But for every rule there is an exception. Some plants are non-photosynthetic and parasitic, obtaining their food through a host. All parasitic plants have special organs called haustoria that ...

Predation, herbivory, and parasitism are specific types ... drives adaptations in both the herbivore and the plant species it eats. For example, to reduce the damage done by herbivores, plants ...

Our comprehensive search suggests that venom delivery systems fully analogous to those of animals exist among plants, fungi, protists, bacteria, and viruses. Thus, venomous organisms are far more ...