Lipstick vines in Taiwan look different from their red-flowered relatives. When scientists dug into the family tree, they uncovered an evolutionary mystery.

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Researchers at the University of Bristol have identified the huge impact of flowering plants on the evolution of life on Earth. Flowering plants today include most of the plants humans eat or drink, ...

Flowers may look delicate—but flowering plants, what scientists call angiosperms, are one of the most successful evolutionary organisms on the planet. Including more than 350,000 known species, they ...

Evolution happens slowly. Small changes, mutations in a gene here and there, stack up over time until eventually the descendants of an animal resemble their ancestors less and less. A new species ...

At the University of Stirling in Scotland, Dr Mario Vallejo-Marin, an Evolutionary Plant Biologist found a new species of flower in 2012 in South Lanarkshire. And if that wasn't enough, two years ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Plant reproduction plays a vital role in our food systems and the balance of ecosystems, yet it remains a complex process. Plants ...

Even for the purple loosestrife, or Lythrum salicaria, rapid evolution has limits. Knowing this can help with conservation. By Robert I Colautti / The Conversation | Published May 31, 2022 9:00 PM EDT ...

A new study of flower petals shows evolution in action, and contradicts more that 60 years of scientific thought. The findings are reported by a scientist from UC Santa Barbara and a research team ...

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This article was originally featured on The Conversation. Human impacts on global ecosystems can be severe, widespread and irreversible. But life on Earth has evolved to meet environmental challenges ...