I HAVE noticed a curious fact in reference to the blue gentian of the garden here that will interest you. This flower (like the daisy) closes at night and opens in the morning, and is exquisitely ...

November 20, 2003. Stop to smell the flowers – but do it before they're pollinated. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A recent Purdue University study has uncovered the processes responsible for shutting down ...

A research team reveals a critical cellular mechanism that enables this navigation: the dynamic remodeling of actin filaments at the tip of pollen tubes.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A recent Purdue University study has uncovered the processes responsible for shutting down scent production in certain flowers once they've been pollinated - a finding that ...

Many of the mentioned insects were not before seen visiting flowers. THE observations described in this work were made in the Vallée de Luz (Hautes Pyrénées, France), in August 1889 and June ...

Among the revelations that arose from her 13-year-long investigation was the degree of control that a flower’s female sex organs have over the fertilisation process.