Unlike human vision, which prioritizes high resolution and fine detail, honeybee vision is low resolution but highly specialized for detecting the visual signals that matter most for survival—flowers.

The search for nectar costs insects a lot of energy, so they have to be as efficient as possible. Colorful patterns on the petals can help with that. Be it mallow, foxglove or forget-me-not: many ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Most people assume that a flower’s color is simply decorative – a fixed feature that stays the same until the petals fall. That ...

New research led by scientists from the University of Bristol and Queen Mary University of London has revealed that bumblebees can tell flowers apart by patterns of scent. Flowers have lots of ...

Scientists who study monkeyflowers sometimes feel as though the plants are looking back at them. The blooms are said to resemble the faces of playful monkeys—hence the name—complete with a speckled ...