Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study of bee behavior helps explain why glossy petals are scarce in nature. Shiny “flowers” stand out like tiny lighthouses ...

Bees occupy a central role in pollination, and their success in locating and utilising floral resources depends critically on their visual systems. Recent advances in imaging and quantitative analyses ...

visible in the ultraviolet range, something that many insects can detect. Humans, on the other hand, cannot see these signatures with the naked eye, but instead must use special equipment.

Nature’s most dazzling colors can be strangely rare. Walk through a park or forest and you see greens, yellows and reds that feel soft to the eye. Most of those tones are matte. Only now and then do ...