Corpse flower blooms “are really hard to study,” says Delphine Farmer, an atmospheric chemist at Colorado State University ...

At a recent used book sale I purchased a copy of a lovely book called "One Hundred Flowers," by Harold Feinstein (Bullfinch Press, 2000). This large-format book includes not only 100 amazing, huge ...

We found that the female flowers do most of the work attracting pollinators, as previous studies noted. They emit vast ...

Answer: This question is a good one because the answer is beautiful. Big, fragrant, flamboyant flowers are a good indicator that an insect or other animal pollinates the plant. When the flowers are ...

A Japanese dogbane plant species tricks flies by mimicking the scent of injured ants - the first case of plants using ant ...

The overall rate of self-fertilization can be viewed as the sum of two distinct processes: 1) self-pollination of all ovules in a flower (whole-flower self-pollination); and 2) self-pollination of ...

Birds have been visiting and pollinating flowers for at least 47 million years, fossil evidence now suggests. The new find pushes back the onset of ornithophily, or bird pollination, by about 17 ...

Researchers in Japan have successfully used a tiny drone to pollinate an actual flower, a task usually accomplished by insects and animals. The remote-controlled drone was equipped with horsehairs ...

Nikon has revealed the winners of the 15th annual Nikon Small World in Motion Video Competition. The contest recognizes the ...

Climate change is turning up the heat in blueberry fields. Learn how rising temperatures can disrupt blueberry pollination.