Where are the bees? Tracking down which flowers they pollinate
Researchers have developed a new method to rapidly identify the sources of bee pollen to understand which flowers are important for bees.
Tobacco plant ‘stickiness’ aids helpful insects, plant health
Researchers show beneficial relationship between 'sticky' tobacco plants and helpful insects that consume tobacco pests.
Fungi living in cattail roots could improve our picture of ancient ecoystems
Some fossil plants that lived in wetlands had fungi living in their roots, and others don't. To understand why, scientists waded into modern wetlands...
Concerns about prevalent orchid viruses
Researchers have investigated the evolution of the two most prevalent orchid viruses using information representing their global distribution. The study revealed that considerable international...
Quantum dots capture speciation in sandplain fynbos on the West Coast of South Africa
With a tongue up to 7 cm long, the long-tongue fly Moegistorhynchus longirostris often battle to fly, especially in the wind. Researchers were able...
Pesticides deliver a one-two punch to honey bees
A new article reveals that adjuvants, chemicals commonly added to pesticides, amplify toxicity affecting mortality rates, flight intensity, colony intensity, and pupae development in...
Genes that first enabled plants to grow leaves identified by scientists
The genes that first enabled plants to grow shoots and conquer the land have been identified. The findings explain how a 450-million years ago...
Bittersweet truth of how bee-friendly limonoids are made
Limonoids are a class of plant natural products whose complex chemistry has been intensively investigated for over 50 years.
When plant roots learned to follow gravity
Highly developed seed plants evolved deep root systems that are able to sense Earth's gravity. The 'how and when' of this evolutionary step has,...
Hidden chemistry in flowers shown to kill cancer cells
Researchers have shown that it's possible to produce a compound with anti-cancer properties directly from feverfew -- a common flowering garden plant.
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Named for 'el diablo' himself, a new and extremely rare orchid species reveals a wicked heart.
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He's given a whole new meaning to "poached eggs."
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Rare blindcat found in US, could prove water-filled caves connect Texas and Mexico
The extremely rare cave-dwelling albino fish with no eyes, the Mexican blindcat, has previously only been known to exist in Mexico.
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