Biological sciences

Recreate development in a petri dish to understand how plants live

A new plant’s name that tells a story

Pollinator's death trap turns into nursery

Orchid without bumblebee on island finds wasp, loses self

Unique marimo threatened by rising lake temperatures

Death is only the beginning

Fungi-eating plants and flies team up for reproduction

An elegant new orchid hiding in plain sight

Leaf-like photosynthesis discovered in the roots of a leafless orchid

The rediscovery of an ethereal fairy lantern brightly illuminates their mysterious past

New discovery: Endangered Amami rabbit disperses seeds for non-photosynthetic plant

Ethereal color variant of mysterious plant is actually a new species

Male genitalia as an anti-predator defense

Orchid helps insect get a grip

Arisaema urashima’s ‘fishing rod’ reels in its primary pollinator

Japanese squirrels can consume “poisonous” mushrooms

Mysterious plants and multi-faceted symbioses

Marimo have age rings!

Expanding horizons of insect ecology research

Parasites manipulate praying mantis’s polarized-light perception, causing it to jump into water

A new mechanism behind continuous stem cell activity in plants

How do humpback whales rest?

What kind of animal transports the seeds of the world's smallest fruit-bearing plants?

An ancient association?

An insect species can actively escape from the vents of predators via the digestive system

How old are they? Some non-photosynthetic orchids consist of dead wood

New species of seaweed uncovered by genetic analyses

Sensory and chemical analyses of the odor of newborn babies’ heads suggests importance in facilitating bonding and care-giving behaviors

Discovery of non-blooming orchid on Japanese subtropical islands

Shedding light on rhodopsin dynamics in the retina