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

Close relatives can coexist

Plant peptide helps roots to branch out in the right places

Wasps, cockroaches and crickets are pollinators too

Harassing females lowers reproduction rates and reduces population size

What’s eating these endangered orchids?

New plant species discovered in museum is probably extinct

The stick insects that survive being eaten by birds

Freeloading orchid relies on mushrooms above and below ground

Closed marriage: an orchid that never blooms