Their seed dispersal strategies have helped these ubiquitous plants flourish all over the world, new research suggests ...

The matador bug’s flamboyant leg-waving puzzled scientists for years, with early guesses pointing to courtship. But experiments revealed the waving is a defense tactic against predators. Related ...

Orchid seeds are as small as dust and do not provide any nutrients for the young plant to grow. The adult plants are known to rely on a certain type of fungi that develop structures within the plant's ...

Kobe University researchers found that orchids rely on wood-decaying fungi to germinate, feeding on the carbon from rotting logs. Their seedlings only grow near deadwood, forming precise fungal ...

The business end of the NRL season is here with the finals taking centre stage. After several classic contests, Melbourne and Brisbane were the only two clubs left standing as they faced off in the ...

It isn’t just snakes that fill up the reptilian quota of egg-laying animals. A group of reptiles — known as squamates — comprised of lizards, turtles, crocodilians, and snakes, are all overwhelmingly ...

Nature is full of evolutionary selflessness. From deep-sea octopuses to certain marsupials, there are animals and insects that reproduce and then die, as their lives can be cut short because they ...