Tiny but mighty, honey bees play a crucial role in our ecosystems, pollinating various plants and crops. They also support ...

The lawn between the sidewalk and road, called a hellstrip due to its seemingly inhospitable growing environment, can be ...

Used medicinally by Native Americans for centuries, Monotropa uniflora — a.k.a. ghost pipe — is having a moment on social media. Not everybody is happy about it.

Mistletoe isn’t just a holiday decoration - it’s one of the strangest and most ruthless plants in the natural world. In this ...

Chinese scientists have identified genes in sorghum that confer resistance to a major parasitic plant, providing a crucial foundation for developing Striga-resistant crop varieties, researchers said.

On a recent sunny morning, a small group of conservationists heads into battle in the hills above Redwood City. They don an ...

Tomato hornworms are a highly destructive pest of tomato plants, but they have predators you can encourage in your garden.

Aphids are small black flies that suck the sap from your plants, and if your garden is infested with them, here are five ...

The mind-controlling “zombie” fungus, which served as the inspiration for the video game and post-apocalyptic TV show The Last of Us, emerged about 133 million years ago when dinosaurs roamed Earth, a ...

Even though most mistletoe species conduct photosynthesis, these hemiparasitic — or partially parasitic — plants still obtain sugars and other organic molecules from their host.

In botanical terms, plant parasites are classified a bit differently than the aforementioned parasitic animals. Botanists often classify parasitic plants as either partial parasites or complete ...

An epiphytic plant grows on the surface of other plants, or other substrates, but does not derive nutrients from its symbiote. In ecological terms, this kind of relationship is called commensalism.