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 ...

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 ...

Pollen of flowering plants can be dispersed by animals, wind or even by water. In assessing pollination modes, a fundamental question is how many flowering plants are pollinated by animals. Although ...

Pressures on pollination behavior can fluctuate over reproductive seasons, influencing which plants and animals pollinate. Changes in the interaction between plants and pollinators within a single ...

The Third Annual Texas Pollinator BioBlitz has concluded for 2018. What was this BioBlitz? This was an event in which people all over the state of Texas ventured outdoors and took photo observations ...

A new paper in Annals of Botany, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that pollination can have a dramatic effect on how plants grow and change. The study shows that when plants and ...

Scientists offer novel insights into why and how wind-pollinated plants have evolved from insect-pollinated ancestors, and what it might mean for a potential pollination crisis. They found that plants ...

Chris Wyver is a PhD student at the University of Reading. He receives funding from the Waitrose Collaborative Training Partnership and BBSRC. Laura Reeves works for the University of Reading. she ...

Many plants need to be pollinated to produce fruits or seeds to make more plants. But if pollinators are scarce in your area or you're growing fruit-bearing plants indoors, hand-pollinating is ...

The words “pollination” and “flower” may seem inseparable, but plants began courting insects millions of years before they evolved flashy petals. Now we know how they may have done it: not with ...

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 ...