Nevertheless, “mammal pollination is certainly under-documented,” Ollerton noted. “These observations are just the first step in really understanding whether (the wolves) are pollinators or ...

For those thinking ahead to spring gardening, a biologist explains what to focus on when designing a garden with pollinators ...

Animal pollination is important for two thirds of the world's most important crops and is estimated to be worth several hundred billion US dollars per year. Crops that depend wholly or partly on ...

So hear this: Pollinators may be our planet's most ecologically and economically important group of animals. They provide stability for every terrestrial ecosystem in the world, because wild flowering ...

This story appears in the March 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. Row upon row, tomato plants stand in formation inside a greenhouse in Willcox, Arizona. Green stems poke from coconut ...

One answer is pollination, or plant sexual reproduction. Pollinators—typically wind, water, and animals—carry pollen from one flower to another, where fertilization takes place. Below ...

Plant-pollinator mutualisms are particularly important, and involve nearly 170,000 plant and 200,000 animal species. Aa Aa Aa Mutualistic interactions, or mutualisms, are ubiquitous in nature.

Pollination is, however, a fundamental process for the survival of our ecosystems. Nearly 90% of the world’s wild flowering plant species depend, entirely, or at least in part, on animal ...

Can they find any other examples of animals besides insects that pollinate specific plants? Students could then study the parts of flowers. They could be allowed to collect flowers from their ...