Waterlilies, or Nymphaea, are the quintessential pond plant. Not only do they produce attractive round leaves that rest on ...

American lotus, or Nelumbo lutea, is an aquatic plant found growing in still to slow-moving freshwater habitats across much ...

This fall, five turtles poked their snouts into the same waters of the University of Chicago’s Botany Pond that they once called home. While their surroundings might have seemed familiar, the nearly ...