Pollen of flowering plants can be dispersed by animals, wind or even by water. In assessing pollination modes, a fundamental question is how many flowering plants are pollinated by animals. Although ...

Ecologists have long seen a strong connection between biodiversity and pollinators—the butterflies, birds, bats, bees, and other insects that help the flowers they snack on fertilize by transferring ...

Get the buzz on pollinators from an entomologist and animal keeper. Donna Stockton Butterflies, like this eastern tiger swallowtail, taste with their feet. Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation ...

Pollination by animals contributes to a third of global food production, but little research has been done into the extent to which the identity of pollinators, pollen and crop varieties influence ...

Pollinators including insects, birds, bats, and other animals are essential to agriculture and natural ecosystems throughout North America. About three-quarters of all flowering plant species rely on ...

The animal lovers at ZooEarthTV take a close and beautiful look at the fascinating power of pollination and the incredible ...

What is abundantly clear about climate change is the myriad ways in which it affects the world around us. The most obvious ways include rising air and sea temperatures as well as longer, dryer seasons ...

It is not uncommon to hear individuals talk about pollinators and/or a pollinator garden. Pollinators are important to our daily lives. It is estimated that 1 in every 3 bites of food is due to ...

Foreword / Edward O. Wilson -- Introduction: Remembering the Pollinators -- 1. Silent Springs and Fruitless Falls: The Impending Pollination Crisis -- 2. Flowers: Waiting for Their Ships to Come In -- ...

Source: Zeynel Cebeci on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0 license Most people don’t have a very high opinion of brown rats. These invasive rodents live wherever humans live, particularly in urban areas ...

Rising food prices continue to make headlines. Food prices in general have jumped about 10% over the past year. Certain food products, such as beef, eggs, and fresh fruits, have risen the most. People ...