The rare four-petal pawpaw flower in Martin County and Palm Beach County and has never grown in abundance, but there are now about 22% less four-petal pawpaws than there were 14 years ago in 2009.

Flowers like hibiscus use an invisible blueprint established very early in petal formation that dictates the size of their ...

But when last spring rolled around, Maggie found one plant with a four-petaled, blue-purple flower. She was so excited, she did some research and found that a bloom with four petals is unusual.

Scientists recently discovered a solitary bee that cuts flower petals and forms them into tiny cocoons like papier-mache. These productive little artists make a nest less than an inch long for ...