Honeybees rely heavily on flower patterns -- not just colors -- when searching for food, new research shows. Honeybees rely heavily on flower patterns -- not just colours -- when searching for food, ...

Venice Mallow, also called Flower-of-an-hour, (Hibiscus trionum) was selected by Edwige Moyroud as a new model plant for studying petal pattern development. Native to Australia, H. trionum also now ...

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 ...

Nature follows mathematical rules and creates repeating patterns across completely different organisms and environments.

Honeybees rely heavily on flower patterns – not just colours – when searching for food, new research shows. A team led by the University of Exeter tested bee behaviour and built bee's-eye-view ...