Flowers

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A frog is seen diving headfirst into a flower's bulb to access nectar.

Brazilian tree frogs could be the 1st example of amphibians pollinating flowers, study finds

By Jennifer Nalewicki published

Scientists in Brazil may have observed the first example of an amphibian pollinating a flowering plant.

A close-up image of a fossilized flower encased in amber.

Bloom entombed in amber is the largest fossilized flower ever found

By Jennifer Nalewicki published

The fossilized flower is the largest ever discovered.

A bouquet of flowers found in a tunnel under a Teotihuacan pyramid survived a bonfire about 2,000 years ago.

2,000-year-old flower offerings found under Teotihuacan pyramid in Mexico

By Owen Jarus published

Ancient bouquets found under Teotihuacan pyramid in Mexico may have been offerings to a fertility god.

A. microstoma flowers found in various places on the ground.

Flowers use the smell of death to lure and imprison coffin flies

By Yasemin Saplakoglu published

This is the first time that a flower has been found to mimic the scent of dead insects, according to a new study.

Behold: the ugly orchid, Gastrodia agnicellus.

World's ugliest orchid looks like a soul-sucking, eyeless worm

By Mindy Weisberger published

Orchids are usually prized for their loveliness, but a newly described species is no beauty.

A bumble bee (Bombus terrestris) worker damaging a plant leaf

Pollen-starved bumblebees bite 'half-moons' into plants to make them bloom

By Nicoletta Lanese published

Scientists don't yet know when or how the behavior evolved.

A superbloom in the Carrizo Plains in California.

Stunning 'Superbloom' of Flowers Is Set to Arrive in Southern California

By Laura Geggel published

The hills of Southern California will soon be alive with a massive "superbloom" of wildflowers, thanks to an unusually rainy fall and winter, news sources report.

The fossil of the world's oldest flowering plant (left) with an illustration of what it might have looked like some 174 million years ago (right).

World’s Oldest Flower Unfurled Its Petals More Than 174 Million Years Ago

By Laura Geggel published

Dinosaurs that lived during the early Jurassic period could stop and smell the flowers if they so desired, according to a new study that describes the oldest fossil flower on record.

primitive moth

The Oldest Butterflies on Earth Had No Flowers to Feed On

By Laura Geggel published

Butterflies and moths are so ancient, they lived before the existence of flowers, a new study finds.

Atacama flower

See the World's Driest Desert Covered in Wildflowers

By Laura Geggel published

An unexpected rain has caused the world's driest nonpolar desert to burst into bloom.

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