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Fijian plants stop rival ants from fighting by creating separate chambers inside them. This keeps peace and benefits both ants and plants.
Ford Motor Co. started using Sentinel, a dog-like robot, a year ago at a factory in Spain and has seen costs plummet.
Milo Manheim's learned to love the supernatural. He discusses being the old man on "Zombies 4" and what he took from "Little ...
When you picture a flower and a pollinator, the odds are you’re imagining a colorful, perfumed flower, and a honeybee.
Buildings adorned with plants are an increasingly familiar sight in cities worldwide. These “green walls” are generally ...
Something strange happens to water as it moves through the stems of horsetail plants – and this unique process provides ...
6 strange plants that eat animals In the world of plants, most use sunlight and soil to survive. But some have a very different way to live.
These plants smell like rotten meat — Now we know how they do it From the aptly-named carrion flower to the stinking corpse lily, these plants thrive through disgusting odors ...
A new and very special plant species has just been discovered in Malaysia. In the forests of Terengganu, a team of researchers identified Thismia aliasii, a chlorophyll-free plant that depends on ...
In 2019, researcher and nature guide Mohamad Alias Shakri spotted an unusual plant in a forest in the Malaysian state of Terengganu. The plant grew in proximity to a well-known hiking trail, but ...
Kansas homeowners looking to identify weird or unknown plants in their backyard can get help from local experts with Kansas State University.
Where weird plants thrive: aridity spurs diversity of traits As environments get more dry, plant species numbers drop, but the number of traits increase — plus, what the hottest temperatures for ...