In some orchids, photosynthesis is out and parasitism is in. Instead of making food from sunlight, some of these plants have become parasitic and primarily suck nutrients out of the fungi in their ...

However, some orchids have stopped producing their own food and completely feed on fungi. The Kobe University botanist SUETSUGU Kenji says: "I've always been intrigued by how orchids turn parasitic.

It was her team who oversaw the design, construction, and installation of the architectural elements of the presentation, and their interaction with the orchids and other plants, looking to the ...

Scientists caught an “armored” river creature with a maze-like pattern, a popular aquarium pet, in Brazil and discovered a new species. Photo from Getty / iStockphoto In a river of ...

Scientists found a “large”-eyed creature with a “heart-shaped” tongue in a rainforest of Ecuador and discovered a new species. Photo from Getty Images / iStockphoto As night fell across a ...

Scientists found an eyeless river creature with a “visible” skull in a cave of southern China and discovered a new species. Photo from Qin, Liu, Zhang, Shi, Du and Zhou (2025) In an ...

Scientists found a “completely spiny,” 2-foot-long mammal in a forest of Colombia and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Niels van Altena via Unsplash In a darkened forest of ...