Scientists found a tropical vine that changed its flowers without losing its pollinators, revealing a more flexible path to ...

Lipstick vines get their name from their bright red, tube-shaped flowers. But one member of this group of plants has lost its lipstick-like appearance—its flowers are shorter, wider, and yellowish ...

Lipstick vines get their name from their bright red, tube-shaped flowers. But one member of this group of plants has lost its lipstick-like appearance— its flowers are shorter, wider, and yellowish ...

Researchers in Japan have successfully used a tiny drone to pollinate an actual flower, a task usually accomplished by insects and animals. The remote-controlled drone was equipped with horsehairs ...

Essentials of flower design and function -- Why pollination is interesting -- Floral design and function -- Pollination, mating, and reproduction in plants -- Evolution of flowers, pollination, and ...

Conventional wisdom suggests that more bees equals more pollination, and that bee shortages are to blame for diminishing yields and rising costs. But as recent seasons have shown, the answer to ...

Flowers pollinated by honeybees make fewer and lower-quality seeds than flowers visited by other pollinators. That could be because honeybees spend more time buzzing between flowers of the same plant ...

Researchers showed that tobacco hawkmoths lost attraction to the scent of their preferred flowers when that scent had been altered by ozone. This oxidizing pollutant thus disturbs the chemical ...