A research team at the IPK Leibniz Institute has developed a method that enables the detailed observation of female ...

You don't often find crowds of people flocking together to take in the pungent scent of rotting flesh, but that's exactly what happens every time a corpse flower blooms at a public garden. In fact, ...

This finding has important implications for plant engineering, where scientists design artificial gene switches to control growth or behavior. Understanding how plants manage genetic "noise" could ...

As educators increasingly seek ways to bridge the gap between STEM and the arts, Microfleur is leading a classroom revolution. By merging botanical science with instant creative expression, the ...

More flowers should mean healthier bees, right? Not always. Scientists studying wild bees in Israel have discovered that greater flower diversity can sometimes increase viral infections rather than ...

Morning glory is a name for about 1,000 flowers that are in the Convolvulaceae family. These common flowers are so-named because their flowers only bloom in the morning. They grow commonly in tropical ...

May flowers bring November showers for these intrepid biologists. A flower hunter was moved to tears after encountering a super-rare species of bloom in Sumatra, Indonesia, marking the culmination of ...

Exactly two years after he last bloomed, the IU biology department’s six foot, seven inch corpse flower — “Wally” to his friends — opened up again in the Biology Building greenhouse on E Third St.