As many as 10,000 species of dainty orchids in the floral world also utilize deception in order to be get pollinated: Over time, they have evolved elaborate ruses to lure insects. Generally we ...

I'm thinking specifically of one of the largest, most diverse families of flowering plants: the 25,000 species of orchids that, over the past 80 million years or so, have managed to colonize six ...

Orchids and Halloween seem to be unlikely companions. Orchids have a reputation as delicate, fragile and exotic, with their heads high in the air, while Halloween is literally down to earth with ...

Orchids Paper Products Company is a manufacturer of tissue products serving the at-home tissue market. The Company produces bulk tissue paper, known as parent rolls, and convert parent rolls into ...

Heavy rains and subsequent flooding in June caused an estimated €4.1 billion ($4.6 billion) in damage across southern Germany, according to figures from two of the hardest-hit states and ...

Water levels in Passau have risen close to 10m (32ft) and the Danube has burst its banks Flood waters are continuing to rise in parts of southern Germany, and are now spreading down the Danube to ...

Three people have been seriously injured in a knife attack on a high-speed train in southern Germany. Police arrested the alleged attacker, a 27-year-old Syrian man, shortly after the attack on a ...

Isabel Schnabel of the European Central Bank has noted that euro-zone growth excluding Germany has been “remarkably ... At the same time, debt-fuelled growth in southern Europe drove the price ...

Some flowers go to extraordinary lengths to attract pollinators. Bee orchids mimic the shape and scent of bees in order to lure them into ‘pseudocopulation’, where the male insect attempts to mate ...

A coach taking a group of schoolchildren on a ski trip has crashed with a lorry while travelling through Germany. The group from Ysgol Llanhari, in Rhondda Cynon Taf, were travelling in southern ...

Full of culture, lively locals and great beer, Germany is home to many captivating travel destinations. Whether you're looking to soak up art, architecture and history or imbibe at Oktoberfest ...

German prosecutors have filed murder charges against a Russian citizen on suspicion of stabbing to death two convalescing Ukrainian soldiers in southern Germany, they said on Wednesday.