Flower petals with that shiny, color-shifting effect are easier for bees to find, but if they’re perfectly iridescent, flowers risk confusing the bees. Researchers studying this delicate balance ...

Iridescent flowers are never as dramatically rainbow-coloured as iridescent beetles, birds or fish, but their petals produce the perfect signal for bees, according to a new study published today in ...

nepalnepal — Scientists are showing off a little-known property of some common garden flowers: They’re iridescent, meaning that light shimmers off them like the back of a CD. University of Cambridge ...

Flowers use colours, some of them invisible to human eyes, to attract bees in order to spread their pollen. But experts have long wondered why they don't use iridescence seen in other parts of nature.

LONDON – University of Cambridge scientists are showing off a hitherto little-known property of some common garden flowers: Light shimmers off them as it does with soap bubbles or the back of a CD.

Flowers’ iridescent petals, which may look plain to human eyes, are perfectly tailored to a bee’s-eye-view so that these pollinators can find and recognise them more easily, research from the ...

University of Cambridge researchers believe the shimmering is aimed at catching the eye of busy pollinators — saying that bees find the blooms easier to spot and may prefer flashy flowers over their ...

Latest research shows that flowers' iridescent petals, which may look plain to human eyes, are perfectly tailored to a bee's-eye view. Iridescent flowers are never as dramatically rainbow-coloured as ...