The shape of flowers has the biggest effect on how bumblebees acquire parasites, a study shows. The findings could help people plant flowers that are less likely to spread parasites in pollinator ...
Bees that land on short, wide flowers can fly away with an upset stomach. The parasite (Crithidia bombi) is transmitted when the insects accidentally ingest contaminated bee feces, which “tends to ...
Hummingbird lovers often believe that red flowers, like bee balm and trumpet vine, are the key to attracting hummingbirds. While it's true that hummingbirds are enticed by red, which is why ...
The fit between flower and pollinator is key: Bats pollinate wide flowers better, while hummingbirds transfer more pollen between narrow flowers. Videotaping demonstrated that a poor fit fails to ...
The first flowering plants originated more than 140 million years ago in the early Cretaceous. They are the most diverse plant group on Earth with more than 300,000 species. Evolutionary biologists ...
Most lipstick vines have flowers that are shaped like a tube of lipstick— but not this one. Scientists dug into the plants’ family tree to figure out when and where this oddball evolved. Lipstick ...
See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Once upon a time on Earth, there was a first flower. Nature provides ...
Why do flowers specialize on different pollinators? For example, both bats and hummingbirds pollinate plants in tropical forests; why adapt to just one instead of using both? Biologists often assume ...
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