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Flowers use the smell of death to lure and imprison coffin fliesThis is the first time that a flower has been found to mimic the scent of dead insects, according to a new study.
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World's ugliest orchid looks like a soul-sucking, eyeless wormOrchids are usually prized for their loveliness, but a newly described species is no beauty.
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Pollen-starved bumblebees bite 'half-moons' into plants to make them bloomScientists don't yet know when or how the behavior evolved.
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Stunning 'Superbloom' of Flowers Is Set to Arrive in Southern CaliforniaThe 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.
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World’s Oldest Flower Unfurled Its Petals More Than 174 Million Years AgoDinosaurs 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.
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The Oldest Butterflies on Earth Had No Flowers to Feed OnButterflies and moths are so ancient, they lived before the existence of flowers, a new study finds.
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See the World's Driest Desert Covered in WildflowersAn unexpected rain has caused the world's driest nonpolar desert to burst into bloom.
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Photos: Colorful Blooms Sprout Across the World's Driest DesertChile's Atacama Desert, one of the world's driest places, is now flush with flowers after an unexpected rain.
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Blossoming Bisexual: World's 1st Flower Had Male and Female Partsevolution
