It's time to throw out the pesticides because experts have found that planting one particular flower variety can help keep ...

So here goes. In a nutshell, pollination occurs when the pollen from the male part of the plant (the anther) moves to the female part of the plant (the pistil). Some flowers contain both male and ...

Some bees are skipping the pollination process altogether, piercing flowers to steal nectar without spreading pollen. This behavior, known as nectar robbing, could have major implications for plant ...

Most pollinators work under our radar and are easily overlooked when a garden receives the admiring human gaze. A closer look into the flower of a plant in bloom may reveal a small invertebrate ...

Scientists discovered that the red stigmas in wind-pollinated trees accumulate anthocyanin, the same compounds that are revealed in autumn leaves after green chlorophyll production slows down and ...

Intense tropical fragrance that fills the night air. Large, trumpet-shaped flowers that glow in the moonlight. Yellow flowers ...

This year's Great Plant Picks theme will have you dreaming about a lively year-round pollinator paradise filled with bees, ...

Hazelnuts have long been prized as a tasty and nutritious food. Found in forests statewide in Missouri, they are a favorite ...

The insects responsible for pollinating cacao’s tiny flowers are, themselves, also tiny, in order to access the flower’s reproductive structures. Biting midges from the Ceratopogonidae family and gall ...