In an extreme case of sex fakery, an orchid produces oddball chemicals that mimic a female wasp’s allure so well that males prefer the floral scents to the real thing, scientists say. This plant’s ...

A grisly fate may have been in store for a fly larva concealed in the bloom. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A tiny flower that ...

Figs, these sweet fruits enjoyed since antiquity, hide a surprising biological relationship with tiny insects. A popular ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Captured ...

Fossil research has revealed an exquisite merger of art and science: a long-stemmed flower of a newly described plant species encased in a 30-million-year-old tomb together with a parasitic wasp.

(CNN) In our food chain, honeybees are tasked with a vital function: pollination. In North America alone, honeybees' role in pollination enables the production of at least 90 commercially grown crops, ...