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Chinese Academy of Sciences researchers report that fossilized entomopathogenic fungi from mid-Cretaceous amber reveal some ...

A phids are one pest that make every gardener sigh as they return continuously. They're extremely common and don't ...

Like dill, annual marigolds, especially French marigolds, are often grown as companion plants in food gardens to attract beneficial insects and keep pests at bay. Not only do these plants appeal to ...

Ophiocordyceps are named because they infect the brain of their hosts to then manipulate the ant’s behaviour. Zombie-ant ...

Growing lovage next to your tomato plants could be the smartest pairing in your garden because the herb attracts beneficial ...

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

Home Lifestyle Art ‘Exotica to be collected’: Indian plants in East India Company paintings, and a rare plant that fanned Europe's orchid-mania ...

For example, a conservation stewardship organization that I used to volunteer with in San Francisco held regular BioBlitzes, ... like the “Parasitic plants of the World. ...

Parasitic weeds are plants that obtain some or all of their nutrients and water from a host plant, to which they attach at either stem or root level. A major problem in other parts of the world ...

Their guardians had turned to tiny parasitic wasps called Trichogramma, which lay their eggs inside moth eggs, destroying the larvae. Wasps were arguably grosser than moths, but at least they didn ...