A parasite with a bloom over 3 feet (1 meter) across! For all its beauty, this endangered plant reeks like rotting flesh, attracting insects such as flies for pollination.
With wings that beat up to 200 times a second, hummingbirds are able to hover, fly backwards, and even upside down. With a metabolism set on overdive, they consume more than half their body weight in nectar each day.
Some spiders use sticky webs to trap a tasty meal. Australian crab-spiders interfere with the ultraviolet signals on flowers to attract honeybees, their favorite food!
Some spiders use sticky webs to trap a tasty meal. Australian crab-spiders interfere with the ultraviolet signals on flowers to attract honeybees, their favorite food!
As winter has taken its hold and much of nature is dormant, we look ahead to the flowers of spring. Many places have their stunning flora, but these flower fields are absolutely dreamlike in their natural beauty.
The legs of the orchid praying mantis resemble flower petals, and with each passing molt its coloring more closely matches its surrounding environment. Most of its prey fly right into it.
It's cherry blossom time in Washington, D.C. The oldest trees are a gift from Japan where the flowers have long symbolized the fleeting nature of beauty and the ephemerality of life.
It's cherry blossom time in Washington, D.C. The oldest trees are a gift from Japan where the flowers have long symbolized the fleeting nature of beauty and the ephemerality of life.
It's cherry blossom time in Washington, D.C. The oldest trees are a gift from Japan where the flowers have long symbolized the fleeting nature of beauty and the ephemerality of life.
It's cherry blossom time in Washington, D.C. The oldest trees are a gift from Japan where the flowers have long symbolized the fleeting nature of beauty and the ephemerality of life.
Van Gogh’s Sunflowers are a kind of visual shorthand for the artist. In part a meditation on the vagaries of time, the pictures give a colorful twist to the long tradition of Dutch flower painting.
Van Gogh’s Sunflowers are a kind of visual shorthand for the artist. In part a meditation on the vagaries of time, the pictures give a colorful twist to the long tradition of Dutch flower painting.
Van Gogh’s Sunflowers are a kind of visual shorthand for the artist. In part a meditation on the vagaries of time, the pictures give a colorful twist to the long tradition of Dutch flower painting.