Butterfly pea, also known as aparajita in India, grows as a vine and has a striking blue flower. Around two years ago, Brahma ...

Blue butterfly pea is a perennial tropical vine known for its striking, vibrant blue flowers. It has an interesting botanical name, Clitoria ternatea, because the flower’s shape resembles a human ...

A blue-purple member of the Plectranthus genus grows out in nature. - Sky Sailom Sangdad/Shutterstock Butterflies are more than just sets of pretty patterned wings and an easy at-home science project ...

Adrian Dyer receives funding from The Australian Research Council. At a dinner party, or in the schoolyard, the question of favourite colour frequently results in an answer of “blue”. Why is it that ...

Blue is remarkably rare in nature because true blue pigments are almost non-existent in living organisms. Instead, most natural blue results from structural coloration, where microscopic arrangements ...

What’s your favorite color? My favorite color has always been green. I guess it figures, given my life-long interest in plants. But, if you ask me what my favorite color of flower is, I would say blue ...

Roses are red, but science could someday turn them blue. That’s one of the possible future applications of a technique researchers have used to genetically engineer blue chrysanthemums for the first ...

A bit of imperfection could be perfect for flowers creating a “blue halo” effect that bees can see. At least a dozen families of flowering plants, from hibiscuses to daisy relatives, have a species or ...