Millions of Wildflowers Now Delight the Town After Vermont Couple Got Tired of Mowing the Lawn All Day
First came 'baby's breath' then came red and yellow poppies, pink catchfly, bright orange sulphur cosmos, red columbine, and foxglove.
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Husband Plants Field of Flowers for Blind Wife to Smell, So Spectacular it Gets Visitors
When his wife lost her eyesight, this man turned their dairy farm into a garden of fragrant flowers to bring his wife back from sadness.
Toxic Coal Mine Becomes Wildlife Refuge Known For Rare White Lilies
The Cahaba River is an ecological marvel in a state whose rivers have been dammed up, dumped upon, and badly degraded.
Village Tackles Speeding by Planting Thousands of Flowers Because Drivers Slow Down as They Pass By
Officials first planted flowers along the roadside during the pandemic to help improve biodiversity, but soon they found another use.
Rare Orchid Thought to Be Extinct in Vermont For 120 Years is Rediscovered - Biologists Call it 'Astonishing'
The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department confirmed they've discovered a population of orchids believed to be extinct in Vermont since 1902.
California's Desert Superbloom After Spring Rainstorms Is So Big and Bright, it Can be Seen from Space-LOOK
The beauty of a Superbloom arises out of the necessity of several years of drought, when season after season, new seeds can't germinate.
Flowers Can Hear Buzzing Bees-And it Makes Their Nectar Sweeter
A mathematician from Tel Aviv has potentially created a new science when she found flowers can 'hear' bees, and it makes their nectar sweeter
Bees Actually Bite Plants to Make Them Flower Early - Surprising Scientists
In a groundbreaking discovery, bumblebees were found biting leaves of plants which encouraged flowers to bloom earlier than normal.
Orchids Make Fake Pollen to Tempt the Bees - But Scientists Discover it's as Valuable as the Real Thing
With inedible pollen, a species of Chinese orchid has been found creating a fake pollen, rich in fats, that attracts pollinators.
Shade From Solar Panels Increases Abundance of Flowers, Benefiting Pollinators
Solar panel shade in late summer benefits pollinator numbers, a new study from Oregon State University has found.
Kansas Farmer Plants 1.2 Million Sunflowers for His Wife-A 'Perfect' 50th Anniversary Gift (Video)
It's the Kansas State flower and his wife's favorite-which made 80 acres of sunflowers the perfect gift from her husband on 50th anniversary.
Farmer Creates Massive Sunflower Trail Growing 250,000 in a Pattern Out in His Fields
A Scottish farmer grew a quarter million sunflowers, creating a massive trail that has brought in thousands of visitors.
Flower That Grew Only in York Brought Back From Extinction After 30 Years-First Ever British De-Extinction
It grew out of every crack in the pavement during the recession of the 1970s, but soon fell prey to widespread weedkiller application.
Pair of Endangered Corpse Flowers Defy Odds to Bloom at Same Time-Now Bearing 700 Seeds
The result of this incredible stroke of fortune is that one of the corpse flowers has now fruited bearing 736 seeds critical for conservation
These Adorable Pictures Capture the Moment an Awestruck Squirrel Stopped to Admire Some Flowers
These photos of a ground squirrel admiring some Austrian flowers are probably guaranteed to turn any frown upside down.
Check Out These Breathtaking Photos of Poppy Field's First Bloom in Years
These gorgeous poppy fields in Worcestershire have not been in bloom since they were dug up in 2013—but the red hills are ablaze in all their former glory.
Passengers Surprised With Train Full of Flowers - and Their Reactions Are Bloomin' Beautiful
London train passengers were stunned to be welcomed on board today with a breathtaking floral display celebrating this week's Chelsea Flower Show.
Man Has Been Delivering Hundreds of Roses to Widows, Military Wives, and Single Women on Valentine's Day
Seth Stewart and his brothers just want to make sure that women who might feel lonely on Valentine's Day can have a reminder that they're not forgotten.
Want to Help Bees? Leave the Dandelions Alone This Spring
The British Ecological Society is encouraging people to mow around dandelions, buttercups, and other flowering weeds to help pollinators.
Smell of Roses, Even During Sleep, Shown to Help Improve Learning Success by as Much as 30%
German researchers found that the scent of roses significantly improved student test scores in English vocabulary classes.
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