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• Bees Learn Thievery

  Even the pinhead-sized brains of insects can learn new skills.

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  Who was Saint Valentine?

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  Do Plants Have Sex?

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  Flowers Evolve to Suit Birds and Bats

  The varying shapes of flowers found in tropical forests may have to do with what has stuck its nose in there to pollinate in past evolutionary eras.

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  Evolutionary 'Big Bang' Created Florist's Paradise

  New research reveals relationships among flowering plants.

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  In the Dark, Plants Prepare for Light

  Flowering plants stockpile proteins to jumpstart growth as soon as light hits them.

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  New Low-Water Flower Created

  Now you can grow a beautiful flower garden without wasting water.

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  Orchids Dated to Dinosaur Era

  Orchids came onto the scene some 80 million years ago.

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  New Orchid Smells Like 'Sweaty Feet'

  Botanist finds new orchid species that 'smells like sweaty feet.'

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  Bees Have Favorite Color

  The preference proves useful, too.

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  Evolving Flowers

  Evolution takes on a more stop-and-go pattern than previously thought.

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  Top 10 Poisonous Plants

  Deceptively attractive, some common flowers and plants can give you headaches,

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  World's Largest Flower Finally Finds Home

  The heavyweight of the flower world never fit in with the other plants, until now. Scientists found the basketball-size bloom belongs to a plant family made up mostly of teeny blossoms.

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  Batty Discovery: The Longest Tongue

  This bat can reach twice as far into a flower as others, snagging meals otherwise out of reach.

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  Oldest Bee Fossil Creates New Buzz

  The fossil, well preserved in amber, supports the theory that bees evolved from wasps.

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  How Flowers Know Spring Has Sprung

  To bloom on cue, plants count cold days and sunlit hours.

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  Bees Can Predict Temperature in Flowers

  Bees look for flower colors that signify warm temperatures when choosing their dining spot. And they remember what they learn.

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  First Flowers Triggered Boom in Ant Diversity

  The emergence of flowering plants 100 million years ago may have led to the explosion in ant diversity that occurred around the same time, scientists say.

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  Birds and Bees Can't Keep Up

  Plants in some of the most diverse ecosystems on Earth don't have enough birds and bees to allow them to fruit to their full potential, a new study finds.

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  Mystery Solved: How Plants Know When to Flower

  Scientists figure out how leaves tell buds when the day's length is just right.

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  Sugar Not So Sweet

  Scientists have found a good natural pesticide – sugar!