Bees are not the only animals that carry pollen from flower to flower. Species with backbones, among them bats, birds, mice, and even lizards, also serve as pollinators. Although less familiar as ...

Bees, birds, butterflies and even bats and lizards pollinate the plants that we enjoy every day, but their populations are declining. Native bees are the most important pollinators in our food system, ...

The pollen is transferred as the lizard darts from bloom to bloom. In these isolated landscapes, where bees and birds may be scarce, lizards step in as the unexpected heroes of pollination. Island ...

Although less familiar as flower visitors than insect pollinators, vertebrate pollinators are more likely to have coevolved tight relationships of high value to the plants they service, supplying ...

Bees are not the only animals that carry pollen from flower to flower. Species with backbones, among them bats, birds, mice, and even lizards, also serve as pollinators. Although less familiar as ...