Flowers are found around the world in a variety of environments, and in all kinds of sizes, shapes and colors. Flowers are collected for many different reasons. Scientists collect flowers to find ...

(Courtesy: H Tsukaya/CC-BY) An extremely rare case of a flower that oscillates in colour over time has been discovered by researchers in Japan. The team, led by Nobumitsu Kawakubo at Gifu University, ...

But flowers did not evolve their colour for our pleasure. They did so to attract pollinators. Therefore, to understand why flowers produce such vibrant colours, we have to consider how pollinators ...