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'Woolly devil' flowers in Texas desert are the 1st new plant genus discovered in a US national park in almost 50 yearsA newly discovered plant found by a national park volunteer in the Texas desert is a small, fuzzy flower that pokes up between rocks. With its limited range, this species could be threatened by climate change.
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Where did the 1st seeds come from?From delicate dandelions to mighty oak trees, millions of plants use seeds to reproduce. But where did the first seeds come from?
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How do insects know which flowers have pollen?Flowers use a variety of strategies to inform pollinating insects about their pollen reserves, including color, smell and even electrical changes.
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Indian crocodiles seen saving dog from feral pack attack, but scientists divided over what it meansCrocodiles appeared to rescue a dog that had been chased into a river, and scientists said this unusual behavior could indicate empathy — but others are skeptical.
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Asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs allowed flowers to thrive in a post-apocalyptic worldScientists have discovered flowering plants were largely unscathed by the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) mass extinction event 66 million years ago, allowing them to take advantage of the new, dinosaur-free planet.
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Mysterious bamboo regeneration baffles scientists ahead of once-in-a-century blooming eventHenon bamboo flowers only once every 120 years then vanishes for years, and researchers have no idea how it regenerates.
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Famous Neanderthal 'flower burial' debunked because pollen was left by burrowing beesA new study debunks the idea that Neanderthals buried a man on a bed of flowers about 75,000 years ago.
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Brazilian tree frogs could be the 1st example of amphibians pollinating flowers, study findsScientists in Brazil may have observed the first example of an amphibian pollinating a flowering plant.
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Bloom entombed in amber is the largest fossilized flower ever foundThe fossilized flower is the largest ever discovered.
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