Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New research shows cycads heat their cones and beetles sense infrared, revealing one of Earth’s oldest pollination systems.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rhopalotria furfuracea beetles pollinate the cones of cycad plants. Researchers now know that the cones attract pollinators by ...

Before plants wooed insects with colorful flowers and fragrances, they turned up the heat. A new study shows how cycads, ancient plants often mistaken for palms or ferns, use thermal infrared energy ...

Long before flowers dazzled pollinators with brilliant colors and sweet scents, ancient plants used another feature to signal insects: heat. The findings, based on an analysis of the biology and ...

About 90% of flowering plants rely on animals to transfer their pollen and optimize reproduction, making pollination one of nature's most important processes. Bees are usually the first insects to ...

A study from Kobe University has uncovered a surprising partnership between Japanese red elder plants and Heterhelus beetles. The beetles pollinate the flowers but also lay eggs inside the developing ...

Japanese red elder plants safeguard their own survival when they drop fruits infested by Heterhelus beetle larvae, as well as the survival of these larvae. A Kobe University study changes the ...

In this strategically-planned neighborhood, humans and pollinators live in harmony.

While the fact that pollination directly influences the quantity and quality of the fruit is hardly news, Celis’ team ...

Flowers are often described as visual advertisements, using bright colors and strong scents to draw in insects. Yet long before petals and pigments dominated the landscape, some plants relied on a ...