Flowering plants have unique genetic advantages over other organisms. They are also crucial providers of the food we need to ...

"How Flowers Made Our World: The Story of Nature's Revolutionaries" By David George Haskell (Viking, 352 pages, $32) David George Haskell will speak in Convocation Hall at Sewanee: The University of ...

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The blooms on your kitchen counter won’t last long.

In “How Flowers Made Our World,” magnolia blossoms offer a glimpse into the evolutionary history and global takeover of flowering plants. Flowers are known for their beauty, but biologist David George ...

Join us for a very special evening with two-time Pulitzer Finalist David George Haskell in conversation with KQED radio host Alexis Madrigal as they explore the fascinating revelations in Haskell's ...

When flowers evolved, they revolutionized the Earth. Gorgeous petals and alluring aromas transformed former enemies into cooperative partners. Join Pulitzer Prize finalist David George Haskell in a ...

The author repeatedly visits a dozen trees around the world to stop, listen, and look, exploring each tree's connections with webs of fungi, bacterial communities, cooperative and destructive animals, ...