Sunny days and warmer temperatures greeted us as we passed the solstice and entered the new season. Nature is rapidly revealing the summer to us. Birds that returned from migration and sang on ...

The white water lily is a special plant that has special requirements. Yet it gives, too. The lily, a native plant, needs quiet waters, not too deep, and a silty bottom to live in certain lakes, ponds ...

In a recent discovery poised to enhance agricultural resilience, scientists have demystified the elaborate cold resistance mechanisms of the white water lily—a plant that flourishes in the frigid ...

White water lilies (Nymphaea odorata) are blooming spectacularly now, making local ponds worthy of a Monet painting. Each flower blossoms for only three days. On the first day, pollen-bearing insects ...

Everyone is familiar with water lilies; they have round, floating leaves (lily pads) and elegant flowers. They are admired by most people and appreciated by small creatures such as damselflies and ...

In southern Alabama or southern Georgia, seeing an American alligator gobble up a beaver amid white water lilies would be a memorable sight, and an entirely natural one. To see a Nile crocodile chomp ...