Certain plants have waxy leaves to reduce water loss.

Truffle fungi form symbiotic relationships with tree roots and can't be cultivated artificially.

Lightning can heat air hotter than the surface of the Sun.

Heat lightning is ordinary lightning from a storm too far away for thunder to be heard.

The rafflesia flower is the world's largest bloom — up to 1 meter across and smelling of rotting flesh.

A bolt of lightning is five times hotter than the surface of the Sun.

Some trees can communicate with each other using underground fungal networks.

Some trees can communicate with each other using underground fungal networks.

The rainbow eucalyptus tree naturally sheds bark in patches, revealing bright green, blue, purple, and orange layers beneath.