Flowers pollinated by honeybees make fewer and lower-quality seeds than flowers visited by other pollinators. That could be because honeybees spend more time buzzing between flowers of the same plant ...

Out in a field, tomato plants are pollinated either by wind shaking flowers or by bees, which fly into the flowers and vibrate, releasing the pollen into the air. But inside a greenhouse or indoor ...

I've spent several years living in the wide-open spaces of Wyoming, and as an avid hiker, I enjoy the natural wonders that flourish in our windswept landscapes. Among them are the myriad ...

We see them everywhere in spring: colorful flowers that seem to call out to bees, butterflies, and other insects. These visitors, called pollinators, are essential for the reproduction of flowering ...

For flowering plants, reproduction is a question of the birds and the bees. Attracting the right pollinator can be a matter ...

Natalia Dudareva, associate professor of horticulture, and her colleagues have recently identified the molecular mechanisms that cause petunias and snapdragons to decrease scent production after ...

Lipstick vines get their name from their bright red, tube-shaped flowers. But one member of this group of plants has lost its lipstick-like appearance— its flowers are shorter, wider, and yellowish ...

The Venus flytrap is different from most plants. It has a special diet made up largely of meat. The carnivorous plant feeds mostly on small invertebrates such as spiders and ants that it liquifies ...

Bees aren’t the only insects pollinating red clover. Moths do about a third of the flower visits after dark, new research suggests. The findings, detailed in the July Biology Letters, come as a ...