It’s hard to believe flowers were not created just for our enjoyment, but they have a higher purpose. The anatomy of a flower, as well as the color and scent, tell us a lot about the intention of each ...

In some deserts of the world, a series of heavy rains can trigger many species of plant to flower at the same time. Beneath Death Valley lies a massive seed bank of desert wildflowers and when heavy ...

An ambitious effort to reconstruct the world’s first flower has seeded a debate over what forms a blossom can and cannot take. The project, called eFLOWER, combined an unparalleled database of plant ...

The corpse flower is the largest (and smelliest) flowering structure in the world. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

CHEYENNE For many people, the best part of wildflowers isn't the pretty landscapes they are part of. These people enjoy looking at them, but they also like to see ones they haven't seen before, then ...

In this activity, students will discuss the various methods by which pollination can occur in flowers or plants. Students will dissect and identify the different parts of a flower, hypothesize the ...

THIS ghostly apparition is a long-dead flower from the age of the dinosaurs, captured using X-rays. Analysing the internal structure of this 84-million-year-old bloom – and others like it – could hold ...

Roses are red, violets are blue. Everybody knows that, but what makes them so? Although plant breeders were aware of some of the genes involved, there was as yet no quantitative study of how pigment ...

An ambitious effort to reconstruct the world’s first flower has seeded a debate over what forms a blossom can and cannot take. The project, called eFLOWER, combined an unparalleled database of plant ...

Roses are red, violets are blue. Everybody knows that, but what makes them so? Although plant breeders were aware of some of the genes involved, there was as yet no quantitative study of how pigment ...