Using a mobile stamen to slap away insect visitors maximizes pollination and minimizes costs to flowers, a study shows. For centuries scientists have observed that when a visiting insect's tongue ...

Following a visit to Oakland, Calif., the late Gertrude Stein, a novelist and playwright, offered this candid assessment: "There's no there there." Well, when it comes to many flowers, there wouldn't ...

Flowers used to come with understood meanings. Marigolds were for the jealous and aggrieved; ambrosias a sign of love returned. Dumas fil’s heroine in Camille carried white camellias when in the mood ...

Scientists offer novel insights into why and how wind-pollinated plants have evolved from insect-pollinated ancestors, and what it might mean for a potential pollination crisis. They found that plants ...

The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI. Bunchberry stamens are designed like miniature medieval trebuchets — specialized catapults that maximize throwing distance by ...

For centuries scientists have observed that when a visiting insect's tongue touches the nectar-producing parts of certain flowers, the pollen-containing stamen snaps forward. The new study proves that ...