The vast majority of plants depend on animals to transfer the pollen for them. 'Insect-pollinated' includes plants which are pollinated by birds and other small animals. Bees are facing many ...

Flies, beetles, and moths, help to decompose dead animals. Dung beetles are critical for the decomposition of animal feces. Insects ... example, the mason bees (~ 130 species in North America ...

Nocturnal insects are easily distracted from their pollination duties by the lure ... from street lamps for example, our nights are no longer properly dark. Artificial light at night is spreading ...

Some people -- and animals -- will go to any ... utilize deception in order to be get pollinated: Over time, they have evolved elaborate ruses to lure insects. Generally we think of flowers ...

and the insect is often referred to as a "nectar thief." Less frequently, animal pollinators are deceived by plants into providing pollination services. For example, some orchid species deceive ...

Narrator: Bees might not be your favorite insects out there ... that we do eat and we depend on that are wind-pollinated, including, for example, wheats. More from Science ...

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 ...