Flowering plants seem to have it easy when it comes to reproduction … make a flower and wait for some wind or a pollinator to transfer pollen from one flower to another. No courtship rituals, no ...

As the number of bees and other pollinators falls, field pansies are adapting by fertilizing their own seeds, a new study found. By Carl Zimmer Every spring, trillions of flowers mate with the help of ...

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Scientists have developed a way to image sexual reproduction in living flowers, according to a study published today in the open-access journal eLife. The new technique, originally reported on bioRxiv ...

AMHERST – A new study reported this week suggests that flower strips offer benefits for bumblebee colony reproduction, but some plants do increase infection risk for the bees. The research was ...

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The magic gene has the effect of reducing the amount of UV light reflected from the petals, making flowers harder for bees to see. But (and this is where the magic comes in) reducing UV reflection ...

Scientists have developed a way to image sexual reproduction in living flowers, according to a new study. Scientists have developed a way to image sexual reproduction in living flowers, according to a ...