Real Christmas trees can harbour unwanted guests with praying mantis egg sacs containing up to 200 eggs that can hatch in ...

Shocked by the high cost of Christmas trees, Steve Verchinski found a bargain solution in 1988 ... the Christmas weed. Armed ...

This rare plant looks like a mushroom is actually a parasitic flowering species. Scientists reveal how Balanophora survives ...

Real Christmas trees can harbour praying mantis egg sacs that resemble pine cones, and bringing them into warm homes could ...

We begin building a squid shaped house using only soil and trees. The structure slowly emerges as the form takes shape above the ground. Every step focuses on balance texture and natural materials.

Dreams about specific people at this time of year can have extra significance, especially in the week leading up to Christmas ...

Additional contenders include "Butterfly (Papillon)," "Cardboard," "Éiru," "Forevergreen," and "The Girl Who Cried Pearls." ...

A plant that looks like a fungus, lives like a parasite, and clones itself in the dark—Balanophora may be one of evolution’s ...

Most of Philly’s significant snows are result of coastal storms that mine moist air from the ocean. That wasn’t the case ...

The region has faced significant flooding in the last week. Powerful winds from another storm have compounded the misery.

Mistletoe is a richly symbolic winter plant with an unusual life cycle. With more than half of England's traditional orchards ...

Balanophora lost photosynthesis long ago but kept tiny plastids that run key chemistry and shows how forest parasites adapt ...