New species of seaweed uncovered by genetic analyses

Sensory and chemical analyses of the odor of newborn babies’ heads suggests importance in facilitating bonding and care-giving behaviors

Discovery of non-blooming orchid on Japanese subtropical islands

Shedding light on rhodopsin dynamics in the retina

Close relatives can coexist

Plant peptide helps roots to branch out in the right places

Wasps, cockroaches and crickets are pollinators too

Harassing females lowers reproduction rates and reduces population size

What’s eating these endangered orchids?

New plant species discovered in museum is probably extinct

The stick insects that survive being eaten by birds

Freeloading orchid relies on mushrooms above and below ground

Closed marriage: an orchid that never blooms

Flower attracts insects by pretending to be a mushroom

Parasitic plants rely on unusual method to spread their seeds

Breaking ground in genome-editing technology

New non-photosynthesizing plant species discovered on Ishigaki island, Japan

Mistaken identity of East Asian vine species resolved after 100 years

Two new species of orchids discovered in Okinawa

Genes in albino orchids may hold clues to parasitic mechanism used by non-photosynthetic plants

New species of parasitic plant discovered in Japan

The dark arts of parasitic passengers

Plant discovered that neither photosynthesizes nor blooms

How plants grow new lateral roots

Researchers succeed in developing a genome editing technique that does not cleave DNA

World's first successful artificial insemination of southern rockhopper penguin

Details revealed for how plant creates anticancer compounds

Mechanism discovered for mosaic pattern of cells in the nasal cavity

New plant species discovered on Yakushima

Ant communication