Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A sunflower field against a blue sky - Vlad Ispas/Shutterstock Few flowers capture the essence of summer quite like the sunflower ...

Sunflowers can remove toxic metals and radioactive elements from soil through phytoremediation, a plant-based cleanup process used after disasters like Chernobyl and Fukushima to reduce environmental ...

As you travel in rural Indiana this time of year, you may happen upon a field of sunflowers. It’s so beautiful that drivers will occasionally pull off on the side of the road and take pictures.

When the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency released its first round of data on certified crop acres for the 2025 growing season on Aug. 1, the numbers held a surprise for sunflowers ...