When pollinators land on a flower, they're on a mission: They're looking for sweet nectar to eat and specks of nutritious ...

Pollen blasts from Hypenea macrantha flowers knock competitors’ pollen off hummingbird beaks To see if the projectile pollen blew away the competition, evolutionary ecologist Bruce Anderson and ...

While there are a lot of good reasons to plant sunflowers in your garden, they aren't so wonderful for many allergy sufferers. Allergies to sunflower pollen are relatively common, but you don't ...

plant mating does not involve direct contact between flowers. Consequently, the manipulation of pollen—pollen carries plant sperm—needs to occur before the pollen reaches another flower ...

Instead, pollen (which carries plant sperm) is transported by pollinators such as birds or insects, making competition for prime space on pollinators’ bodies crucial to reproductive success.