Under an electron microscope, the false pollen grains look like brand-new tennis balls.

Flowers in bloom are one of the great sights in nature - but how about when they're under the microscope? These breathtaking images have been created using a colour scanning electron microscope ...

Pollen may annoy allergy sufferers in springtime but, viewed under the microscope, a pollen grain is a thing of beauty.

Pollen may annoy allergy sufferers in springtime but, viewed under the microscope, a pollen grain is a thing of beauty. Amazing images and facts about pollen are part of an exhibition at CSIRO ...

This year's global winner was a close-up image of a thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana) flower with pollen tubes growing through the flower’s pistil. Scientists use the plant to study growth and ...

This scanning electron microscope image captures a butterfly covered with pollen grains, highlighting the critical role Lepidopterans play in pollination. Each pollen grain, shown in yellow ...

Far from bumbling from one flower to another, bumblebees actively seek out the flowers they are targeting by identifying the invisible patterns of scent the petals give off, new research has found.

The largest fossilized flower ever recorded has been officially identified as part of the genus Symplocos, a flowering species that […] ...

But why use DNA techniques rather than simply looking at the pollen under a microscope? Well, it takes a long time to process and identify pollen grains with a microscope and DNA meta-barcoding ...

Under the microscope: Two grains of cocksfoot grass pollen, a major cause of hay fever Anything but plain: A plane tree pollen grain ...

Flowers in bloom are one of the great sights in nature - but how about when they're under the microscope? These breathtaking images have been created using a colour scanning electron microscope ...