It has long been known that the characteristics of many plants with wide ranges can vary geographically, depending on differences in climate. But changes in grazing pressure and pollination can also affect the genetic composition ...
Evolution
Oct 21, 2013
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(Phys.org) —The orchid mantis is famous for its remarkable similarity to the orchid flower, but researchers from Macquarie University have now discovered that its' unique form of deception not only attracts its prey by ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 15, 2013
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The fate of stingless bees in Brazil is so important that University of Kansas researcher Chris Brown risked life and limb to survey the vital pollinators in the state of Rondônia, which borders Bolivia in the southwestern ...
Ecology
Oct 2, 2013
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Scientists at the University of Warwick have modelled an outbreak of the bee infection American foulbrood in Jersey, using a technique which could be applied to other honeybee diseases such as European foulbrood and the Varroa ...
Ecology
Sep 16, 2013
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Bees and other pollinators aren't just pretty creatures, they work for us.
Plants & Animals
Sep 13, 2013
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Carbon markets and related international schemes that allow payments to landholders for planting trees, sometimes called carbon farming, are intended to support sequestration of carbon from the atmosphere. But they will have ...
Environment
Sep 13, 2013
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From bumblebees to blister beetles, the world-class University of Kansas entomology collection numbers 5 million insects pinned in drawers, each one with a tiny printed or handwritten label.
Plants & Animals
Aug 28, 2013
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Soaring numbers of honey bees died last winter, University of Strathclyde research has revealed.
Ecology
Aug 13, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Some compounds that determine plant species' characteristics such as the taste of tomatoes can be engineered to produce larger quantities in plants that have few or none of them, researchers at Purdue University ...
Biotechnology
Aug 6, 2013
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Chanel, UC Santa Barbara's corpse flower, has finally spread her odiferous wings, broadcasting a stench that smells like a cross between rotting flesh and Limburger cheese. "It's disgusting," said UCSB junior Connor Way, ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 31, 2013
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