Their pollination services are essential for plants, including the ones we like to eat. Although honeybees get most of the credit, at least 1,500 insect species pollinate plants in the UK. In some ...

We’ve all been there — after a much-needed rain, we step outside for a walk to enjoy the smell of wet grass and dirt, and ...

About 90% of flowering plants rely on animals to transfer their pollen and optimize reproduction, making pollination one of ...

Those visitors must be attracted to the same species repeatedly to bring about pollination. Visitors must cause pollen ... and adaptations of the insect to acquire nectar in long, curved tubes. Other ...

“For instance, we can think of artificial pollination. So since our robot looks like an insect, and it’s real lightweight and small, if you can really precisely control the robot we might be ...

Bee orchids mimic the shape and scent of bees in order to lure them into ‘pseudocopulation’, where the male insect attempts to mate with the ... bee orchids also engage in self-pollination, ...

But a new study finds that low pollination is also limiting yields ... litter on farms can offer better propagation conditions for insect eggs and larvae. So can increasing the density of cacao ...