A dodder plant begins its life looking like a tapeworm. The tiny plant, which will never grow leaves or roots, elongates in a spindly spiral. Round and round it swirls, searching for a host ...

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HOUSTON — You may want to pack some nose plugs if you're visiting the Houston Museum of Natural Science this weekend. That’s because the museum is warning that their corpse flower nicknamed ‘Meg’ ...

It's that time of year…. Spring showers. Here at Brightmoor Flower Farm, there's a lot of hard work, dedication and weather that goes into growing the flowers ...

A new sunflower family tree used skimmed genomes to increase the number of species sampled, revealing that flower symmetry evolved multiple times independently, a process called convergent evolution ...

We know. The phrase “flower pressing” likely conjures up visions of great-great-grandparents making a display to put next to a side-table doily. But these days, sometimes old-school is the way to go ...

Scientists say the flower’s proteins can withstand high heat and help stabilize mixtures, making them a promising fit for ...

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Michigan State University’s Plant Science Greenhouses are set to open Thursday following a two-year construction project.