Biological invasions are a major driver of biodiversity loss and invasive pollinators can reshape native plant-pollinator ...

New insect-scale microrobots can fly more than 100 times longer than previous versions. The new bots, also significantly faster and more agile, could someday be used to pollinate fruits and vegetables ...

Peking University, May 6, 2025: The research team led by Qu Lijia and Zhong Sheng from the School of Life Sciences and the Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences has discovered a conserved "two-step ...

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 ...

Pollination by animals contributes to a third of global food production, but little research has been done into the extent to which the identity of pollinators, pollen and crop varieties influence ...

It’s the first known case of an animal helping algae reproduce, and could suggest that pollination first evolved in the world’s ancient oceans. By Annie Roth Move over birds and bees, there is another ...

We tend to think of plants as passive, vulnerable actors. But in their partnership with insects, it’s plants that often play the leading role. Sometimes, this can get pretty surprising. As evening ...

Researchers may have discovered the first example of a frog that pollinates flowering plants. By Sofia Quaglia On warm evenings near Rio de Janeiro, you might find milk fruit trees covered in brownish ...

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 ...

The much-maligned insect could be the key to ensuring future supplies of many of the world’s favorite foods Stephanie Pain, Knowable A blowfly on lavender flowers. Flies are the unsung heroes of ...

On World Bee Day, BeeHero shares findings from the 2022-2024 almond pollination seasons that showcase its ability to optimize and boost pollination efficacy while decreasing operational costs, by ...