A tumbling flower beetle with pollen on its legs, trapped in amber, pushes the first known physical evidence of insect flower pollination to 99 million years ago. The fossil comes from deep inside a ...

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

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 ...

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

In autumn facility cultivation, there is an increase in consultations regarding flowers blooming but fruit set being uneven, ...

A new study co-led by researchers in the U.S. and China has pushed back the first-known physical evidence of insect flower pollination to 99 million years ago, during the mid-Cretaceous period. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

They may be small, but bees and other insects play a critical role in pollination and maintaining a natural balance in our environment. The short term solution could lie with drones. Eijiro Miyako ...

Pollinating tomatoes by hand can ensure that more fruit develops. Though tomatoes self-pollinate, indoor or sheltered plants may require hand-pollination for fruit production. Hand-pollinate when ...