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Parasitic flower reappears 13 years after being declared extinct
A mysterious plant with lantern-like flowers, declared extinct in 2010, has been rediscovered in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
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Biology
The 'zombie' tree is fed by the forest
The New Zealand kauri tree roots transplant roots to draw water and nutrients from neighboring trees, surprising researchers.
Biology
Heroic green silk trees turn hornets into mummies
Green silk is a parasitic plant, whose scientific name is Cassytha filiformis. This terrifying plant specializes in sucking up nutrients in the wasps and turning bees in…
Biology
Death vines turn hornets into mummies
Parasitic wasps store eggs and protect young offspring in the gallbladder. Thanks to that, the growing young will be safe until the green silk appears and break into the…
Biology
Discover surprise about mistletoe
Mistakes are parasitic plants on different host plants and have long been used to treat many diseases in Oriental medicine.
Biology
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…
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The species of blood-sucking plants
Like Dracula's blood-sucking demons, the dodder will wrap itself around the parasite and drain all the water, nutrients and genetic material from the trunk.
Biology
Plants produce thanks to 'perfume'
A parasitic plant uses aromatic chemicals to attract the attention of small mammals, so that their flowers are pollinated.
Biology
Parasitic plants outperform predators in estuarine areas
In a study of free parasitic species at three estuaries on the Pacific coast in California and Baja California, a team of researchers from the University of California,…
Biology
Advantages of parasitic plants and animals.
The irony is that by damaging parasites sometimes help the host. Scientists have discovered that pollinated wasps, Pleistodontes imperialis and an Australian species (Fi…
Biology
How does parasitic plant find its host?
If you have ever seen the scene in the rainforest standing still suddenly becoming flexible and crawling on the ground toward fresh blood, do you think that hunting inst…