Flowers

The difference comes down to two critical flower-inducing genes.

Even the pinhead-sized brains of insects can learn new skills.

Air pollution takes up flower scent molecules used by bees to find food.

Warming temperatures bring earlier springs, leave flowers vulnerable to frost.

Newly discovered palm that flowers itself to death discovered on Madagascar.

The varying shapes of flowers found in tropical forests may have to do with what has stuck its nose in there to pollinate in past evolutionary eras.

New research reveals relationships among flowering plants.

Flowering plants stockpile proteins to jumpstart growth as soon as light hits them.

Orchids came onto the scene some 80 million years ago.

The preference proves useful, too.