Researchers report a beetle preserved in Burmese amber that suggests early evidence of insect pollination of flowering plants. Insects are thought to have pollinated flowering plants during the ...

An analysis of plant–pollinator interactions reveals that the presence of abundant plant species favours the pollination of rare species. Such asymmetric facilitation might promote the coexistence of ...

Ruby E. Stephens receives funding from the Australian Government's Research Training Program. Hervé Sauquet receives funding from the Australian Research Council and Australian Research Data Commons.

Researchers may have discovered the first example of a frog that pollinates flowering plants. By Sofia Quaglia On warm evenings near Rio de Janeiro, you might find milk fruit trees covered in brownish ...

Many plants and crops rely on insects to pollinate them so they can reproduce. A new study has shown that several flowering plants from the group Euonymus are pollinated by fungus gnats, a dipteran ...

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Bees aren’t the only insects pollinating red clover. Moths do about a third of the flower visits after dark, new research suggests. The findings, detailed in the July Biology Letters, come as a ...

Hand-pollinating plants is a simple process that guarantees successful fruit development. Many plants need to be pollinated to produce fruits or seeds to make more plants. But if pollinators are ...

Since the time of the dinosaurs, cycad plants may have attracted insects using infrared light. It may be the world's oldest form of pollination. Rhopalotria furfuracea beetles pollinate the cones of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Heiko119 / Getty Images Many plants need to be pollinated to produce fruits or seeds to make more plants. But if pollinators are ...