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The dual purposes of the plants’ hidden colors may conflict as the climate warms, authors of a new study suggest.

Scientists warn that climate change–induced early flowering could have negative effects on wildlife, agriculture, and gardening.

Whole genome sequences reveal multiple domestications of this agriculturally important tree and may hold the secrets to producing the sweet fruit year round.

Once considered anosmic, birds are now widely recognized as using olfactory cues to aid in a wide range of behaviors.

Centuries of folklore backed by scientists in the early 1900s have perpetuated the idea that menstruating women can exert dangerous forces.

Horizontal arms dubbed cantils only appear under certain growing conditions—perhaps explaining why they had not been identified before.

Researchers found that thinning petunia cells’ cuticles caused them to slow production of volatile organic compounds.

The thicker the flower petals’ cuticle, the more fragrance compounds the plant releases, according to a recent study.

New research shows how they get their deep hue.

The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory researcher is fueled by curiosity about how one species’ genome can produce a wide variety of traits.

James Kirkham Ramsbottom saved Britain’s daffodil industry from a devastating parasite, only to be forgotten.

Thought to be a nectar con artist, the candy spider-orchid actually does feed its pollinators, a select group of bees.

Scientists identify floral temperature patterns as a sensory cue that may help bees identify flower species. 

Scientists discover the real pollinators of a popular houseplant flower. 

Scientists think dinosaurs brushed these ancient flowers into pools of tree resin, creating fossils preserved in amber.  

Bumblebees (Bombus impatiens) can amass pollen by “buzzing”—or oscillating—against a flower, creating a gentle flurry of grains.

Umbrella flowers lure in flies by mimicking the alarm signals produced by the flies’ preferred prey.

Researchers use a conducting polymer to construct circuits inside plant cuttings in a proof-of-concept study.

Two alpine bee species have evolved shorter tongues, adapting to floral declines related to climate change.