Nature is brimming with color in almost every season. While the majority of colors are matte, some are shiny. Evolutionary ...

Scientists discovered that the red stigmas in wind-pollinated trees accumulate anthocyanin, the same compounds that are revealed in autumn leaves after green chlorophyll production slows down and ...

In the intersection between art and science, there live some incredible projects. One such idea? An art piece called Resurrecting the Sublime. In a story we first saw on Boing Boing, artist Alexandra ...

A US nationwide initiative starting this month will enable volunteers to track climate change by observing the timing of flowers and foliage. Project BudBurst allows students, gardeners, and other ...

This communication presents experimental research findings on the application of the flower pollination algorithm (FPA) and the African buffalo optimization (ABO) to implement the complex and fairly ...

Flowering plants feature a wondrous array of colors, the primary purpose of which is to attract insect pollinators. But this may not have been the original function of flower color. In a recent review ...