The MFA’s newly reimagined Gallery 252, which is dedicated to Claude Monet’s work, has found its centerpiece in “Water Lilies, Reflections of Weeping Willows” (1916-1919), a powerful work ...

The ancient Maya city of Tikal relied on urban reservoirs to supply water during periods of drought. They essentially built "constructed wetlands" that relied upon key minerals and aquatic plants ...

After lunch, the genial fop hastened his guest to the pond because “the water lilies close before five.” Vauxcelles was ...

The loss of live specimens of the original species, as well as the scarcity of biological collections of giant water lilies, resulted in disagreements over the number of recognized species and the ...

The largest paintings in Claude Monet’s Water Lilies series are meant to transport the observer to a tranquil French water garden. As the viewer moves closer, the illusion breaks down into a ...

Those spikes "could be used to out-compete other plants" for territory, said Przelomska, who also called water lilies a "charismatic species." Natalia Przelomska said the flowers of the water ...