Scientists have identified both a new species and genus of sunflower in the Texas desert, but climate change may threaten its future before we fully understand it.

"Under the microscope, we noticed specific glands that are known to possess compounds with anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory properties in other plants within the sunflower family," notes Academy ...

The Shedd Aquarium is raising a group of critically endangered sunflower sea stars. When they arrived a year ago, researchers could only see them under a microscope. Now, the orange-brown sea ...