The shape of a flower's petals and leaves are dictated by a biological map hidden inside the flower's growing bud, a new study finds. Researchers at the John Innes Center and the University of East ...

Deep sea corals? A Brillo Pad convention? No and no. It's a close-up look at a flower's clever way of getting bees to make a pit stop. Those rows of wiggly lines are microscopic ridges on the surface ...

Flowers in bloom are one of the great joys of spring, but when viewed under a colour scanning electron microscope (SEM), they reveal an even greater surreal, alien-like beauty. From rose petals to ...

The orchid is one of the most unique and instantly recognisable flowers in the world. It has evolved a so-called lip - a large and irregular modified petal, to attract insects - but the driving force ...