Different dodders prefer different host plants. Hosts include alfalfa, asparagus, bindweed, pigweed, lambsquarters, Russian ...

Targeting a newly discovered vulnerability in the signals that cyst nematodes use to infect plant roots could be a powerful ...

Like hermit crabs, these caterpillars carry their cases with them as they move before emerging from them as full grown moths.

The life of a plant scientist involves long hours in the lab, thinking up, designing, and monitoring experiments that might ...

Inspired by the movements of a tiny parasitic worm, engineers have created a 5-inch soft robot that can jump as high as a basketball hoop. Their device, a silicone rod with a carbon-fiber spine, can ...

Inspired by the movements of a tiny parasitic worm, Georgia Tech engineers have created a 5-inch soft robot that can jump as ...

(CNN) — A newly identified parasitic wasp that buzzed and flew ... found in nature today is the Venus flytrap, a carnivorous plant with hinged leaves that snap shut when prey flies inside ...

Science writer Mindy Weisberger speaks to Live Science about the parasites that turn their hosts — whether ant, beetle or ...

Researchers have developed a new soft robot that can jump 10 feet high, despite not having any legs. The robot's movements ...

The risk of cancer goes up with age, in part because aging impedes the body's ability to detect and destroy cells with ...