Balanophora may look like a mushroom, but instead of being a fungus, it's a parasitic plant with rare traits that puzzle ...

In the damp understory of forests in Taiwan, mainland Japan, and Okinawa, a plant called Balanophora can fool you at first ...

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A rare toad changed the fate of a river by becoming the first amphibian to halt a hydroelectric dam. It's now in trouble.

Balanophora is a plant that abandoned photosynthesis long ago and now lives entirely as a parasite on tree roots, hidden in dark forest undergrowth. Scientists surveying rare populations across East ...

Multiple methods for propagating fruit trees? Why not just plant seeds? The reason is that the seeds of any fruit will produce fruiting trees, but the fruit is unlikely to be true-to-type to the ...

Garden chores tend to disappear and work outdoors slows down as plants — and gardeners — go dormant for the winter. However, the enjoyment you get out of your backyard doesn't have to be over. If ...

Buying a plant or tree that propagates easily in water is truly the gift that keeps on giving. All you need to do is buy the plant once, and then you're free to create nearly endless copies of it.

Weather drawing by Kaydence of Mrs. Bender's class at Baxter Elementary School. Attention teachers: Don't forget to submit your students' weather drawing to the Brainerd Dispatch, 506 James St., ...

London’s Battersea Power Station is one of the most famous buildings in the world, largely thanks to it featuring on the cover of the Pink Floyd album Animals. After its decommissioning way back in ...