This video segment adapted from NOVA explains how flowers play a central role in the reproductive cycle of plants. Their striking array of colors, patterns, fragrances, and nectar all require lots ...

The team, led by Nobumitsu Kawakubo at Gifu University, showed that the transformations are tied to cyclic changes in the flowers’ reproductive organs, which act to guide pollinating insects towards ...

This edited video shows a conversation where the flower chatters via a bunch of gibberish in a conversation with the “huh cat” meme. The English-language voice behind the flowers is Mick ...

These residual patches of pollen align with spots on bees’ bodies that touch flowers’ pollen-collecting reproductive parts, researchers report online September 6 in PLOS ONE. Typically ...

KNU stops a feedback loop between two genes, playing multiple roles to allow the proper formation of flower reproductive organs within a short time frame. This research will be useful for genetic ...

Pollen blasts from Hypenea macrantha flowers knock competitors’ pollen ... “They engage in communication, competition and now active reproductive sabotage of other plants.” ...