Bees are distinctive for their black and yellow coloring, but did you know some species are blue? The blue-banded bee is a ...
For flowering plants, reproduction is a question of the birds and the bees. Attracting the right pollinator can be a matter ...
How do plants evolve into new species to accommodate other species? This is what a recent study published in New Phytologist ...
Scientists observed wolves in Ethiopia feeding on flower nectar. This may be the first instance of a predator serving as a pollinator. When we think of pollinators, we tend to think of the birds and ...
This study was led by Prof. Shuang-Quan Huang, Director of Institute of Evolution and Ecology, School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University. Prof. Huang has been dedicated to pollination ...
Scientists found a tropical vine that changed its flowers without losing its pollinators, revealing a more flexible path to ...
One of the major challenges faced by pollinators is that much of their habitat has been co-opted for human use. Usually, it’s altered in ways that make it inhospitable for pollinators as well as other ...
Visitors at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh explore an interactive maze as part of the "Amazing Pollinators" exhibit that opened Saturday, June 15, 2024. The "Amazing ...
As summer draws toward an end, many flowers are fading. But busy bees, butterflies, moths, hummingbirds and other wildlife are still hungry for pollen and nectar. “Late-season blooms are just as ...