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Fairy circles are mysterious patterns of bare soil often surrounded by plants and other vegetation. The name was originally taken from the fairy circles found in Europe, which are usually surrounded ...

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Scientists in Japan have rediscovered an extremely rare species of parasitic "fairy lantern" that was presumed to be extinct. The mysterious plant, Thismia kobensis, belongs to a rarely seen, ...