High heat and heavy metals dampen a bumblebee’s trademark buzz, threatening pollen release and colony chatter. Tiny sensors ...

Air pollution significantly reduces pollination by confusing butterflies and bees Date: January 19, 2022 Source: University of Reading Summary: A new study finds pollination reduced by almost a ...

In addition, they conducted both animal exclusion experiments and seed feeding experiments to ascertain whether the animals on the photographs are actually effective pollinators and seed dispersers.

Pollination can be a pretty cut-throat process in the plant kingdom. A team of scientists from South Africa and Brazil found that rival plants may compete with one another for space on pollinators ...

But experiments show that when bees are exposed to microplastic pollution, their memory gets so muddled they may forget the scents associated with sugary rewards.

While bees get most of the pollination hype, butterflies and moths are some of our planet’s power pollinators. While in flight, they collect so much static electricity that pollen grains from ...

"Some robots are expected to be used for experiments in pollination, but no one has tried yet." ...

Two dark matter experiments have spotted signs of neutrinos knocking into atomic nuclei in their detectors. The finding portends a future obstacle for the ...

Animal pollinators positively influence the sensory characteristics of fruits and vegetables, such as their shape, size, and post-harvest storability while contributing less to their nutritional ...

"Some robots are expected to be used for experiments in pollination, but no one has tried yet." A Happy Accident ...