Scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) believe they have uncovered the cause behind a massive and alarming ...

Mindy Weisberger's new book details the crafty worms, fungi, and other parasites that have learned to mind-control their ...

Potatoes produce a molecule that is converted by microbes and causes potato parasites to hatch. The Kobe University discovery ...

Potatoes produce a molecule that is converted by microbes and causes potato parasites to hatch. The Kobe University discovery ...

Hydnora looks like it came from another planet – but it’s very real, and very strange. This parasitic plant lives underground, has no leaves, and bursts out of the soil with a fleshy, alien-like ...

Hidden in the jungles of Indonesia is a plant that doesn't live off of the sun, instead it gains its sustenance through ...

However, did you know that there are a few parasitic plants occurring in our part of Northcentral Texas and Southwestern Oklahoma? There’s also a plant often mistaken as a parasite because of ...

The problem of 'parasitic plants' that parasitize other plants and steal their moisture and nutrients is an unavoidable problem for farmers, and in countries suffering from food shortages ...

In our region there are a few fully parasitic plants, totally dependent on other plants for carbon, water, and nutrients. Some of them are not common, but we sometimes see them along the trails.

A picture of a little-known and mysterious plant that resembles a tiny emerald-green owl with an angry face has won a global photography competition While it may look like a bird, the picture is ...

A stunning photo of the peculiar parasitic plant species, Thismia thaithongiana, wins gold in the Plants and Fungus category of the World Nature Photography Awards. When you purchase through links ...