A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in the U.S., has found adding sodium to floral nectar increased both visits by pollinators and their diversity. In their paper published in the journal Biology Letters, ...
A team of researchers from Italy, the U.K. and South Africa has found that over the past decade, the only two flowering plants in Antarctica have been growing more rapidly. In their paper published in the journal Current ...
Many island bats are at risk of extinction, yet bats are proving essential in the survival of one of the world's most unusual plant species.
Plants & Animals
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Rice has long been a staple food for more than half the global population. The United Nations even declared 2004 the International Year of Rice to raise awareness and encourage action to protect and advance the crop for a ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Feb 4, 2022
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A team of researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently announced that they have discovered the genetic linkages governing the formation of flowers. The revelation solves a long-standing mystery—how are ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 1, 2022
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In those plants with a single reproductive episode, called monocarpics, the onset of reproduction is marked by the formation of the first flowers. The signals that control the start of flowering are highly studied (light, ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 28, 2022
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Angiosperms may be distinguished from their gymnosperm peers by their flowers, and thus a flower is a good proxy of fossil angiosperms.
Paleontology & Fossils
Jan 13, 2022
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In November 2019, visitors to Joshua Tree National Park in California encountered a strange sight. Joshua trees and closely related Mojave yuccas, which normally remain reproductively dormant until late spring, were in full ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 14, 2021
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Bumblebees waste no time enjoying the beauty of flowers—instead learning the bare minimum about where to land and find food, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Dec 8, 2021
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We've all watched a honeybee fly past us and land on a nearby flower. But how does she know what she's looking for?
Evolution
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