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Discover the world's tallest plant on the island of Borneo
Scientists have discovered the highest tropical tree in the world on Borneo island with a height of 309 feet (94.1 meters). New trees were found to break the record of t…
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Plants do not photosynthesize, do not bloom
Plants without photosynthesis have long attracted the attention of researchers. However, there is very little information about these species because there are not many…
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World's tallest tropical tree in Malaysia
A tropical tree on Borneo Island, Malaysia, set a record with the height of three stacked blue whales.
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Sunlight plants parasitize on mushrooms
A species of flowering plants discovered in Japan spends most of its time hiding underground and stealing fungal nutrients to survive instead of photosynthesis like regu…
Biology
Flowers rarely smell rotten fish in Australia
The two-meter-high flower tree emits a rotting smell of meat in an Australian botanical garden, attracting many people to come and smell it.
Biology
Discovering the type of sniffing fungus can reach orgasm
Scientists have discovered an exotic orange fungus that grows in the island of Hawaii can create an orgasm in women with scent.
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Discover the world's heaviest insects
A natural lover in New Zealand has come across a weta, the largest and largest insect in the world ever known.
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Discovered butterflies drink bird tears
A butterfly in Madagascar island poked a hook-shaped hose into the eyes of sleeping birds to suck tears. This is the first time scientists have seen butterflies use bird…
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Discovered a new plant species in Hon Ba-Khanh Hoa nature reserve
In the framework of the cooperation program between the Institute of Tropical Biology of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology and the Asian Center for Ecologica…
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Can revive mammoths
A group of international experts completed the genetic sequence of fine-haired mammoths, to study the extinct species and hope to revive them.
Biology
Assassins plant warmth on Borneo island
German photographer Christian Ziegler captures images of warm-plant plant killers on Borneo (in Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia) during his discovery on the island.
Biology
Face the most rare plants on the planet
We often hear of endangered animals without knowing that in the plant world there are also species that are in serious danger and need to be preserved.
Biology
When was the peach tree planted?
This delicious, economically valuable fruit has been domesticated by humans from wild plants to plants for at least 7,500 years ago.
Biology
Discovering orchids 'blood' in Khanh Hoa
Plant researchers have discovered a new orchid species in Hon Ba Nature Reserve, Khanh Hoa.