If evolutionary biologists are the detectives of the natural world’s past mysteries, then the phylogenic tree is their version of a cork board of crime-scene suspects linked together with red string ...

Answer: This question is a good one because the answer is beautiful. Big, fragrant, flamboyant flowers are a good indicator that an insect or other animal pollinates the plant. When the flowers are ...

Ruby E. Stephens receives funding from the Australian Government's Research Training Program. Hervé Sauquet receives funding from the Australian Research Council and Australian Research Data Commons.

Through pollination and feeding on all parts of plants, insects influence which plants thrive, which struggle, and even ...

We tend to think of plants as passive, vulnerable actors. But in their partnership with insects, it’s plants that often play ...

Insects are the primary pollinators of most flowers and crops. Niklas_Weidner/500px via Getty Images Rachel Mallinger: A lot of different insects pollinate. Insects visit flowers for many purposes, ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Tanoaks, Notholithocarpus densiflorus (Hook. & Arn.) Manos, Cannon & S. H. Oh, are being killed by sudden oak death, caused by the pathogen ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A review of the literature, compiled over the past 40 years suggests new directions for theories discussing the evolution of reproductive ...

It's rare for insect-pollinated plants to cause an allergic reaction unless you stick your nose in a flower. ( Image by Paul Bourgeois ) This spring seems to be a terrible one for allergy sufferers. I ...

Wild insects are better at pollinating crops than captive honeybees trucked into fields by humans, new research suggests. Crashing populations of wild insects could spell disaster for our food supply, ...

Answer: This question is a good one because the answer is beautiful. Big, fragrant, flamboyant flowers are a good indicator that an insect or other animal pollinates the plant. When the flowers are ...