How fruits got their eye-catching colors
Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - 09:00
in Biology & Nature
Red plums. Green melons. Purple figs. Ripe fruits come in an array of greens, yellows, oranges, browns, reds and purples. Scientists say they have new evidence that plants owe their rainbow of fruit colors to the different animals that eat them. That the bright red of a berry is a signal to hungry birds — here I […]