The way a young sunflower turns its bright yellow head to follow the movements of the Sun across the sky each day can be quite dramatic, in terms of plant activity. Now scientists have been surprised ...

Most of us aren’t spending our days watching our houseplants grow. We see their signs of life only occasionally – a new leaf unfurled, a stem leaning toward the window. But in the summer of 1863, ...

Sunflowers have a circadian rhythm, which tells the cells in the eastern side of the stem to grow slightly longer, causing the blossom to lean westward, researchers say. At night, the message reverses ...

A sunflower’s ability to track the sun east to west during the day, and to face east again before the next sunrise, relies on multiple types of photoresponses, according to a new study publishing ...

TEL AVIV-YAFO, Israel — Sunflowers really do “dance” as they grow so as not to block solar rays from each other, reveals new research. The study sheds light on a scientific puzzle that has occupied ...

Sunflowers really do "dance" as they grow so as not to block solar rays from each other, reveals new research. The study sheds light on a scientific puzzle that has occupied researchers since the days ...

A new study by Tel Aviv University, in collaboration with the University of Colorado, Boulder, discovered that plants that grow in dense environments, where each plant casts a shadow on its neighbor, ...

Prof. Yasmine Meroz tends to her sunflowers. A new study by Tel Aviv University, in collaboration with the University of Colorado, Boulder, discovered that plants that grow in dense environments, ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Chantal Nguyen, University of Colorado Boulder (THE CONVERSATION) Most of us aren’t ...