While many modern plants use colorful flowers to attract pollinators, ancient palm-like plants called cycads lure them by ...

Since the time of the dinosaurs, cycad plants may have attracted insects using infrared light. It may be the world's oldest ...

Key points CSIRO has added four unique Australian orchids to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red ...

Nightflower Pollen is gathered from Ephemeral Blossoms, and the arrival of Ephemeral Blossoms isn't announced like Emergences or other items on the map, making them one of the more elusive resources ...

What can we learn from seeing the world up close? Life at even the smallest size, like the facets of an insect’s eye, can ...

A new species of flowering plant, Strobilanthes sharavathiensis, has been discovered in the high-altitude grasslands of India’s Western Ghats ...

When you apply sunscreen at the beach, it doesn’t necessarily stay on your skin. Some of that sunscreen can wash off when you swim, and the chemicals that shield you from ultraviolet rays end up ...

As summer draws toward an end, many flowers are fading. But busy bees, butterflies, moths, hummingbirds and other wildlife are still hungry for pollen and nectar. “Late-season blooms are just as ...

Editor’s note: This article was originally published on Oct. 4, 2024. Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners. This week I want to talk about goldenrod, (genus Solidago). Driving through the ...

A team of researchers from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute is digitizing images of pollen from more than 18,000 plant species from the tropics. These images are being used to train a ...

Honey bees and other pollinating insects contribute billions of dollars to the American economy. (Photo by Keng-Lou James Hung) Non-native honeybees are so effective at pollinating, they pose a ...