Scientists have discovered that flowering plants growing in farmland are increasingly doing without insect pollinators. As reproduction becomes more difficult for them in an environment depleted in ...

If the governments of Australia can invest millions into the honeybee industry, they surely have the resources to support ...

More than one-third of the crops that support the human diet rely on animals for pollination. That means the pollination ...

Scientists at the CNRS and the University of Montpellier 1 have discovered that flowering plants growing in farmland are increasingly doing without insect pollinators. As reproduction becomes more ...

Insect pollination is a decisive process for the survival and evolution of angiosperm (flowering) plants and, to a lesser extent, gymnosperms (without visible flower or fruit). There is a growing ...

Nature’s most dazzling colors can be strangely rare. Walk through a park or forest and you see greens, yellows and reds that ...

Bees and other insects leave behind tiny ‘footprints’ of environmental DNA on plants each time they visit, giving researchers a way of tracking where insects have been, and offering clues on how to ...

Insect pollination, despite its potential to contribute substantially to crop production, is not an integrated part of agronomic planning. A major reason for this are knowledge gaps in the ...

Insect populations are in steep decline, which could endanger the food supply. But there are things we can do to reverse the trend. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Rachel Mallinger receives funding from United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the University of ...