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 ...

Pollination is the process of transferring pollen from the anther to the stigma of flowering plants. Pollination results in the stimulation of pollen to produce pollen tubes. Poricidal flowers bear ...

When blooms appear on our fruit trees or vegetable gardens, we happily anticipate a bountiful harvest. If the bees help by doing their pollinating job, the fruits and vegetables should begin to ...

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 ...

Watch the incredible transformation of a strawberry plant in this detailed 36-day time-lapse video. From budding leaves and ...

Moths have long been seen as the annoying creatures that leave holes in your clothes. But new research suggests that those pesky insects have been badly misjudged. A new study, published this week in ...

Nature is full of color. For flowers, displaying color is primarily a means to attract pollinators. Insects use their color vision not only to locate the right flowers to feed on but also to find ...

Silver Y Moth (Autographa gamma), feeding on fuchsia flowers at night in a garden. David Tipling / Universal Images Group via Getty Images Moths are more important than we think. Bees get most of the ...

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 ...