Modern roses, as we know them, date to 1867, when enthusiasts in Europe bred a “hybrid perpetual” rose with a “tea rose.” The ...

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A fresh bouquet of flowers may be part of your Valentine’s Day plans, and new research suggests they could do more than just look pretty.

How do plants evolve into new species to accommodate other species? This is what a recent study published in New Phytologist ...

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, ...

As educators increasingly seek ways to bridge the gap between STEM and the arts, Microfleur is leading a classroom revolution. By merging botanical science with instant creative expression, the ...

Lipstick vines in Taiwan look different from their red-flowered relatives. When scientists dug into the family tree, they uncovered an evolutionary mystery.

Visitors at the Houston Museum of Natural Science have to lean in a bit closer on Thursday to catch a whiff of the corpse flower that bloomed earlier this week. The fading stench, which many visitors ...

HOUSTON — Roses are red and violets are blue, but at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, a corpse flower named "Meg" is expected, to smell, too. “I’ve never seen a flower like that," Amia Adams ...

Having worked with botanical gardens for his entire career, Gostel said he viewed the decision to join Morris as a ...