In nature, the quest to survive and spread is essential — and that’s certainly true for flowers. We might see them as vibrant harbingers of spring or precursors to juicy tomatoes, but from the ...

A film looking at what pollination is and how it works. Suitable for Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Early and 1st Level and 2nd ...

Using a mobile stamen to slap away insect visitors maximizes pollination and minimizes costs to flowers, a study published today in eLife shows. For centuries, scientists have observed that when a ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Less than 10% of flowers in a cocoa tree are pollinated in natural conditions. Efforts to bolster the yields traditionally involved breeding ...

Bats are crucial nocturnal pollinators, aiding plant reproduction after sunset. These creatures carry pollen on their fur ...

When blooms appear on our fruit trees or vegetable gardens, we happily anticipate a bountiful harvest. If the bees help by doing their pollinating job, the fruits and vegetables should begin to ...

Silver Y Moth (Autographa gamma), feeding on fuchsia flowers at night in a garden. David Tipling / Universal Images Group via Getty Images Moths are more important than we think. Bees get most of the ...

Plants existed on Earth for hundreds of millions of years before the first flowers bloomed. But when flowering plants did evolve, more than 140 million years ago, they were a huge evolutionary success ...

Using a mobile stamen to slap away insect visitors maximizes pollination and minimizes costs to flowers, a study shows. For centuries scientists have observed that when a visiting insect's tongue ...