All Articles Tagged As: flowers

Getting to the Roots of Sunflower Cultivation (5/23/2008)

Genetic information from ancient stocks could help address effects of global warming on valuable food crop ...> Full Article

Probing Question: Why are flowers beautiful? (1/28/2008)

Biologist studies the genetic roots of flowers ...> Full Article

Flowering plants evolved very quickly into five groups (11/30/2007)

Scientists have shed light on what Charles Darwin called the "abominable mystery" of early plant evolution. ...> Full Article

First orchid fossil puts showy blooms at some 80 million years old (8/30/2007)

Biologists at Harvard University have identified the ancient fossilized remains of a pollen-bearing bee as the first hint of orchids in the fossil record, a find they say suggests orchids are old enough to have coexisted with dinosaurs. ...> Full Article

How To Share A Bat (8/29/2007)

New Study Demonstrates Flowers Evolve Different Shapes to Reduce Competition for Bat Pollination ...> Full Article

Professor Probing The Evolution Of Tropical Orchids (7/14/2007)

John Cushman, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology professor, is making great strides in the ongoing research of plants with the metabolic ability to use less water than other plants. ...> Full Article

Birds, Bees, and Moths Drive Flower Evolution (6/9/2007)

Flowers evolve in a predictable fashion to match the mouthparts of pollinating birds and insects, rather than engaging in a gradual "arms race" between flower and pollinator, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Davis and the University of California, Santa Barbara. An article describing the study is published in the June 7 issue of the journal Nature. ...> Full Article