Flowers add grace and beauty to our lives, and produce seeds for the plant’s next generation. But early plants had no flowers. In fact, flowers developed as insects used plants and plants used insects.
Spring has burst out all over—not only in plants, but in an explosion of baby animals. You don’t have to venture far to observe this activity, much of it takes place in your own backyard.
Name a fish that can weigh nearly the same as a kindergartener, live for more than two or three decades, and has an undeniably large nose. Did the paddlefish come to mind?
Seeing a butterfly glide past you is sure to bring a flurry of excitement. Did you know there are a few tricks of the trade to attract them to your backyard?
There’s no doubt about it: Spring has officially sprung. Brightly colored signs capture our attention along the roadway, informing us of what’s ahead. Springtime has a few signs of its own, and the early color of flowering trees is one of the brightest!