In this week's roundup of science news, Emily Kwong and Rachel Carlson talk about a newly discovered desert flower, tasting lemonade in virtual reality and prehistoric bone tools used by early humans.

“The disappearance of this ornate, almost luminous flower went unnoticed as cattle trampled our desert grasslands into a struggling remnant of what they once were,” said Michael Robinson, a senior ...

What is National Flower Day? This is not to be confused with National Plant a Flower Day, which encourages people nationwide to plant flowers on March 12, the holiday broadly cele ...

LAS VEGAS— The Center for Biological Diversity filed a petition today asking the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to give Endangered Species Act protection to the Las Vegas bearpoppy, a desert flower ...

Most types of cactuses grow well outdoors or on sunny patios and require frequent watering, but less than a flower or other backyard plant, according to the Desert Botanical Garden. "Once they're ...

CARLSON: No (laughter). Yeah. The wooly devil is a new flower to science, found recently in the desert landscape of Big Bend National Park in Texas. It's called the wooly devil because it's ...

In this week's roundup of science news, Emily Kwong and Regina Barber talk about a newly discovered desert flower, tasting lemonade in virtual reality, and prehistoric bone tools used by early humans.

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