These bees come from the "Old World" and are very effective pollinators for plants from the "Old World." However, when it ...

The Day I Stopped Trying to Please EveryoneThere is a term called pollination syndrome. It refers to the phenomenon where, as ...

An international study led by researchers from Charles University in Prague (CUNI) and the Biology Centre of the Czech ...

A rare flower in Thailand mimics figs to deceive wasps while rewarding flies with a place to raise their young, revealing an ...

A research team has identified CsBZS1, a cucumber gene associated with fruit development without pollination. By narrowing a ...

A field experiment on the Tibetan Plateau shows that artificial light at night collapses moth visitation, boosts flies, and ...

Honeybees, which are not native to the United States, may be outcompeting native bees for pollen. Ed Reschke via Getty Images Honeybees are often heralded as a symbol of biodiversity and a key species ...

The USDA Economic Research Service released the June Sugar and Sweeteners Outlook on June 18. Though the monthly report is focused on sugar prices and production and import volume, this month’s report ...

The economic value of insect pollinators was $34 billion in the U.S. in 2012, much higher than previously thought, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Penn State University.

GCSE biology a distant memory? Here’s how plants reproduce, and how to encourage them If you’re growing any plants for fruit, getting your head around pollination is key to ensuring a bountiful ...

Two researchers from Stockholm University accidentally discovered that pollination in a species of Ephedra – the gymnosperm Ephedra foeminea is correlated with the full moon. The finding is a first ...

Why have some plant species changed pollinators in their evolution? An international team of researchers studied the reproductive systems of three sister species pairs, where one species is pollinated ...