While the flower looks like a duck to humans, the male sawfly sees it as a female sawfly – it gets attracted to the flower and it tries to mate with it. The insect then gets caught in the ...

3D model of the ancestral flower reconstructed by the new study, showing multiple whorls of petal-like organs, in sets of threes. All living flowers ultimately derive from a single ancestor that ...

Nature's artistry is showcased through plants that mimic animals. From the bat flower's dark, wing-like blooms to the parrot flower's beak-shaped sepal, these botanical wonders capture the ...