Nandina domestica’s red berries contain cyanide, which is often deadly for one of the Triangle’s year-round bird species that ...

Some native, truffle-like fungi produce boldly colored fruiting bodies that grow in shades of blue, pink and purple—and to ...

making the berry appear blue to humans but, perhaps more importantly, to birds and other animals that see UV light, who may come and eat the berries and spread the seeds. (The authors note in the ...