“Poor little Buttercup!” Little Buttercup sold her wares to sailors aboard the H.M.S. Pinafore; that’s what Gilbert and Sullivan tell us. And she had a secret. Now a “buttercup” is usually thought of ...

‘Poor little Buttercup!” Little Buttercup sold her wares to sailors aboard the H.M.S. Pinafore; that’s what Gilbert and Sullivan tell us in their comic opera. And she had a secret. Now, a “buttercup” ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska— The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today to protect a rare Arctic plant called the Alaskan glacier buttercup under the Endangered ...

Buttercup, Daffodil, Jonquil, Narcissus even Lent Lily. What do you call those pretty yellow (or white or bi-colored) flowers that bloom in the spring? It might depend on where you live, or where you ...

CINCINNATI -- Sometimes the survival of a species hinges on unraveling the mystery behind what makes it happy. For instance, take the curious case of the autumn buttercup, Ranunculus aestivalis. For ...