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 ...

Sexual plant reproduction: Male and female parts 'talk' in the same way as do cells in your brain Date: March 17, 2011 Source: Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia Summary: Scientist have discovered ...

When the world's first flower sprouted about 140 million years ago, it was bisexual, possessing both male and female reproductive parts, according to the researchers who virtually reconstructed ...

Read up into the basics of flower pollination — there's more to it than meets the eye! Plus, find flowers to grow in your ...

To understand the regulatory mechanisms governing unisexual flower development in cucumber, we conducted a systematic morphogenetic analysis of male and female flower development, examined the dynamic ...

Research by plant scientists has uncovered a snapshot of evolution in progress, by tracing how a gene mutation over 100 million years ago led flowers to make male and female parts in different ways.

Flowers might produce nectar as a "brilliant distraction technique" to protect their reproductive parts, scientists believe. A new study suggests the "high-energy honey" might not just be a "come ...

The vast majority of plants are hermaphrodites, with both male and female reproductive parts. Oaks, some orchids, the potted spider plant in your office — they’re all capable of reproducing ...

To avoid mating with themselves, individual flowers go through a male phase and then a female phase. They rely on hummingbirds to transfer pollen between flowers, bribing the birds with rewards of ...