Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. During the summer, a mysterious, rare and unusual plant can be found in the deep shadows of the forest. Between June and September ...

Japanese botanist Kenji Suetsugu's childhood fascination with ghost flowers led to a career uncovering their secrets. These unique mycoheterotrophic plants survive without photosynthesis by ...

Internet is a great tool of discovery. Many things which have been forgotten before are now resurfacing on the internet, and on this list is an ancient ghost flower. Deep within cool, shaded forests, ...

Deep in shaded forests, the ghost flower (Monotropa uniflora) seems almost supernatural, a waxy white plant that glows faintly against the soil. Unlike most vegetation, it cannot photosynthesise.

PETERSBURG (CBSMiami/AP) – One of the world's rarest flowers, the ghost orchid, is facing threats in Florida from poaching, loss of habitat and climate change and needs federal protection, ...

Painful back spasms, nausea-inducing painkillers, and the inability to tie her own shoes had tennis player and marathon runner Susie Peebler considering major back surgery at the age of 43. That was ...

During the summer, a mysterious, rare and unusual plant can be found in the deep shadows of the forest. Between June and September, pearly white ghost pipe plants appear. Hiding from the sun, they ...