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 of ...

We have looked at plants as a whole, then the individual parts (seeds, roots, stems, and leaves) to explore their world. Today, we are delving into flowers, the sexual parts of the plants. The ...

Two groups of plant molecular biologists have long studied how pollen tubes and pistils, the male and female parts of flowers, communicate to achieve fertilization in plants. Now they report that they ...

We now know what the ancestor of today’s flowers looked like, thanks to scientists who used computer models to re-create the plant that lived 140 million years ago. Before now, we didn’t understand ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The squash plants in Gandy's Garden here at News 19 are without a doubt, the fastest plants I'm growing right now. I started the squash seeds back in mid April and they're 6 to 12 ...

For one group of plants, having brightly coloured flowers isn’t enough to guarantee being pollinated. When birds rip bits out of the flowers to eat them, special bellow-like organs blast pollen onto ...