In lab experiments and field studies, the team tracked the beetles with fluorescent dyes as they moved from cone to cone.

Spring arrives, and with it, the magnolias. Their enormous pink and white blooms unfurl in many parts of the world, but if ...

A new study published in Science shows that these plants—called cycads—use infrared radiation from heat as a signal to ...

A population of Luisia curtisii (Orchidaceae: Aeridinae) in northern Thailand was studied with regard to pollination biology. Although a high level of self-compatibility was demonstrated ...

Long before flowers dazzled pollinators with brilliant colors and sweet scents, ancient plants used another feature to signal insects: heat. The findings, based on an analysis of the biology and ...

Ecological reconstruction of Pelretes vivificus vesting angiosperm flowers in the Burmese amber forest (~99 Ma). (Credit: Jie Sun) Researchers found a Cretaceous-era beetle trapped in amber alongside ...

Scientists believe an ancient beetle trapped in amber is now direct evidence that insects were pollinating flowers nearly 100 million years ago. Science Magazine reports that the species of beetle in ...

Butterflies, bees, and even bats are celebrated as pollinators: creatures that travel from flower to flower to feed, and in the process, help fertilize the plants by spreading pollen. But some of ...

A scent released by a critically rare African orchid induces male longhorn beetles to ‘mate’ with the flower and thereby pollinate it. While sexual mimicry is a common tactic to drive insect ...