This video segment adapted from NOVA explains how flowers play a central role in the reproductive cycle of plants. Their striking array of colors, patterns, fragrances, and nectar all require lots of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Plant reproduction plays a vital role in our food systems and the balance of ecosystems, yet it remains a complex process. Plants ...

The diverse and delicious fragrances of flowers brighten our days and inspire poetry. The more practical reason that flowers produce scent is to attract pollinating insects to the flowers' ...

Researchers from Nara Institute of Science and Technology and Nanjing University find that KNUCKLES, a small multi-functional protein, supports the correct timing of floral development for the proper ...

Plant Systematics and Evolution, Vol. 300, No. 2 (February 2014), pp. 321-328 (8 pages) Epidendrum L. (Epidendroideae, Laeliinae) is one of the largest orchid genera distributed throughout tropical ...

Think of it as assisted reproduction, but to help proliferate a flower that emits perhaps the worst aroma in the plant kingdom – that of a dead body. Among its other idiosyncrasies, the corpse flower ...

Flowers might produce nectar as a "brilliant distraction technique" to protect their reproductive parts, scientists believe. A new study suggests the "high-energy honey" might not just be a "come-on" ...

Q. You must have discovered a new species of coontie, which you featured in a recent plant profile. Tell me about the flowers inside the cones. A. You caught me trying to make plants as simple as ...