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Ko Mochizuki of the University of Tokyo has discovered that Vincetoxicum nakaianum, a dogbane species native to Japan ...

For the first time ever, it has been documented that a plant mimics the smell of injured ants to attract flies for ...

The plant native to Japan mimics the smell of ants attacked by spiders to attract the flies who pollinate the flowers. The post This clever plant mimics odor of injured ants to attract pollinators ...

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To be included on the World Heritage List, sites must be of outstanding universal value and meet at least one out of ten selection criteria. These criteria are explained in the Operational Guidelines ...