Human impacts go beyond fragmentation of habitat to other modifications. We are interested in how anthropogenic impacts from farming to logging to cattle grazing affect bee communities and pollination ...

With a more efficient method for artificial pollination, farmers in the future could grow fruits and vegetables inside ...

This is called pollination. When the pollen lands on the stigma it travels down the style towards the ovary. Once the pollen reaches the ovary it hopes to find an ovule to attach to. This is ...

Insect-pollination of flowering plants is responsible for the majority of the world’s flowering diversity and is an essential part of plant reproduction. Flowers have bright colours, smells and ...

We're not sure if robot pollinators are a hi-tech revolution or glimpse into dystopia, but either way, they're edging closer ...

By Liz Kimbrough Life can’t function without insects. At least, not for long. They pollinate, break down waste, cycle nutrients, and touch every node in the web of life, filling endless niches across ...

The special problems experienced by plants, as sedentary organisms, will be a main focus in our discussion of life history evolution (pollination, defence, dispersal) and population and community ...

Gardeners and farmers interested in growing seedless watermelons are invited to a special field day hosted by the University ...

In warming experiments, researchers found bees could ... which relies heavily on tiny flies called midges for pollination. “The cacao pollination system is incredibly delicate,” said López ...