When birds feed on nectar from flowers, they do more than just get a meal—they play a crucial role in pollination, transferring pollen from one flower to another. But how well do the shapes of their ...

Many plants, including crops and the beautiful flowers we like to surround ourselves with, rely on pollination for survival. Pollination is not just the work of honeybees. Meet some of the buzzing, ...

While modern trees like maples and ashes have switched to wind pollination — releasing clouds of pollen to be scattered at ...

Current models predict that selfing should be advantageous for plants experiencing unreliable pollination (selfing increases reproductive ... from Vancouver Island that differ in flower size. We’ve ...

Besides their visual appeal, these tiny birds play a vital role in the pollination of flowers, contributing to the ecosystem's balance. In many cultures, hummingbirds are seen as symbols of love ...

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. Investigation of Zea ...

“For instance, we can think of artificial pollination. So since our robot ... the robot we might be able to do something on top of flowers or leaves, which really requires very delicate ...