Some plants bend the rules of plant life so far that they barely resemble plants at all. Balanophora is one of them - a ...

A weird-looking parasitic plant has discarded all its photosynthesis machinery – and nevertheless has found a way to thrive.

Some parasitic plants can ‘steal’ genetic information from their hosts through horizontal gene transfer, which they then use to make themselves a better parasite. Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is a ...

A parasitic twin is an identical twin that has stopped developing during gestation, but is physically attached to the fully developing twin. The fully developed twin is also known as the dominant or ...

Figure 1: Mean (± s.e.m.) values for plant community parameters as affected by the presence of R. minor after three years. Main treatment effects on biomass of the most frequent plant species, and on ...

For most of their lives, plants in the Sapria genus are barely anything — thin ribbons of parasitic cells winding inside vines in Southeast Asian rainforests. They become visible only when they ...

A parasitic twin is an extremely rare type of conjoined twin. While research is limited, experts suggest that this condition doesn’t cause severe complications. But it requires surgery — often in the ...

A series of compounds that deprive iron essential for a parasitic worm could provide effective new agents for blocking ...

Scientists at Children's Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) have discovered a benefit of vitamin C ...