Scientists say meat eating ants are cleaners of the savannah where dead bodies of insects, reptiles, birds and mammals are ...

The flowers are formed in pairs and show mirror symmetry ... Within the pistil, which is formed of four fused carpels, the abaxial carpel (the one facing away from the inflorescence axis) is always ...

meaning flowers are equipped with both male and female parts. They rely on wind and pollinating insects to transfer the pollen from the stamens to the carpel. Where air movement and insect numbers ...

Right: young flower with all organs formed (calyx removed) showing the gap (asterisk) where a tenth stamen would be formed. Calyx green, petals red, stamens yellow, carpel blue. Scale bar = 0.05 left ...

They are very tiny, but they are a key source of information when it comes to Earth's evolutionary history: pollen grains are ...

Stink Floyd, the 12-year-old corpse flower at Reiman Gardens in Ames, has bloomed. And with that bloom comes the reason ...

For instance, the flower moon—the name of each full moon in May—was given by the Algonquin tribes. With the cold winter days behind us, the illuminated flower moon brings in a new energy.

Visitors pick fresh flowers at the Plant Library, a flower farm in Haining, Zhejiang province, in April. YANG FEIYUE/CHINA DAILY In a quiet corner of Jiaxing, Zhejiang province, a former overgrown ...

May’s Flower Moon is a powerful time to connect with nature, reflect on growth, and release what no longer serves you. As the earth flourishes with blooming flowers, this full moon offers a ...

AMES, Iowa — A unique plant is set to bloom this month at Reiman Gardens, and it's already making quite the stink. The corpse ...