Most of us aren’t spending our days watching our houseplants grow. We see their signs of life only occasionally – a new leaf unfurled, a stem leaning toward the window. But in the summer of 1863, ...

They brighten our days with their sunny, vibrant and summery feel. But as it turns out sunflowers are not just pretty to look at, they also have a hidden feature that may offer clues as to how plants ...

It turns out sunflowers are more than just a pretty face: the ultraviolet colours of their flowers not only attract pollinators, but also help the plant regulate water loss. It turns out sunflowers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Flowers are one of the most striking examples of diversity in nature, displaying myriad combinations of colours, patterns, shapes ...

Sunflowers famously turn their faces to follow the sun as it crosses the sky. But how do sunflowers "see" the sun to follow it? New work from plant biologists at the University of California, Davis, ...

In this study, researchers found that sunflowers grown in a dense row naturally formed a near-perfect zigzag pattern, with each plant leaning away from the row in alternating directions. This pattern ...