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The indigenous Bugkalot people of Nueva Ecija call it "kelli": a plant with white, starburst-like flowers and oval-shaped leaves that are traditionally mashed and mixed with food to treat ailing dogs.

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, ...

More flowers should mean healthier bees, right? Not always. Scientists studying wild bees in Israel have discovered that greater flower diversity can sometimes increase viral infections rather than ...

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On damp days in the mountains of northern Japan, one of the most remarkable flower transformations unfolds. A patch of unassuming white flowers, that you’d barely notice against the forest’s deep ...

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May flowers bring November showers for these intrepid biologists. A flower hunter was moved to tears after encountering a super-rare species of bloom in Sumatra, Indonesia, marking the culmination of ...

In this week's roundup of science news, Emily Kwong and Rachel Carlson talk about a newly discovered desert flower, tasting lemonade in virtual reality and prehistoric bone tools used by early humans.

Plants have an immune system, like people, and when it is triggered by threats like disease or pests, a plant's defenses are activated. But there's a downside to this protective mechanism: the plant's ...

Farmers in 16 counties of North and South Carolina were anxiously watching their fields last week for a delicate, bright green plant that grows to be nine or ten inches high. It is a pretty plant, ...