We now know what the ancestor of today’s flowers looked like, thanks to scientists who used computer models to re-create the plant that lived 140 million years ago. Before now, we didn’t understand ...

Lords-and-ladies is a widespread and common native wild plant that grows best in base-rich soils in shady woods and hedgerows. It has wrinkly, arrow-shaped leaves and sports a highly unconventional ...

Have you heard that female watermelons are sweeter than male ones? That male eggplants are less bitter than female ones? That male peppers have fewer seeds? Well, you heard wrong. Let me explain what ...

Nectar, the high-energy 'honey' produced by flowers, might be a brilliant distraction technique to help protect a flower's reproductive parts, according to new research. Rather than merely providing a ...

DURHAM — With the experience of managing bee colonies with his grandmother, 10-year-old Jason Blake of Rosedale Elementary School had the winning word in mind. He spelled it out, “S-T-A-M-E-N,” and he ...