Tag: Plants

Here are nine amazing examples of leaf look-alikes from around the world. Giant leaf insect. Satanic leaf-tailed gecko. Indian oakleaf butterfly. Malayan leaf frog. Moss mimic stick insect. Dead-leaf grasshopper. South American leaf fish. Leaf katydid.

Plants don’t enjoy losing their leaves to herbivores and have evolved a number of ingenious strategies to deter leaf predators. Unfortunately for humans, several of these chemical defenses can cause painful skin reactions. Read on to discover some plants that could burn, blister, or otherwise irritate you!

With over 4,000 species of parasitic flowering plants in the world, there are a lot of incredible species out there. This list represents my picks as Britannica’s plant editor for the five most-impressive parasitic plants.

plants that, amazingly, affect the brains and mental states of the humans who ingest them.

They may look harmless enough, but plants can harbor some of the most deadly poisons known. From the death of Socrates by poison hemlock...