It may seem obvious that figs get a green check for anyone living with a vegan diet, but that's actually not the case. Here's ...

Animal pollination by itself provides economic benefits worth $224–577 billion to the global agricultural industry. Thanks to the overuse of pesticides, chemical fertilizers, ...

Once thought to be a land-only phenomenon, pollination may have existed in the ocean millions of years before terrestrial plants appeared. ANIMALS Sea creatures pollinate marine plants and algae ...

A pollination crisis is the decline in abundance, including to the point of extinction, of animals that act as pollinators and of the plants they pollinate. "This is not a trivial issue," says ...

Pollination isn't only the territory of bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. In fact, a surprising number of animals play a role in the survival of flowering plants.

It’s the first known case of an animal helping algae reproduce, and could suggest that pollination first evolved in the world’s ancient oceans. By Annie Roth Move over birds and bees, there is ...

While the process is generally restricted to seed plants occurring on land, animal pollination has been found in the oceans, specifically, in the seagrass Thalassia testudinum.

Most people think of bees and butterflies when it comes to pollination, but in the quiet darkness, bats are performing miracles that keep our world blooming. On International Bat Appreciation Day ...

Is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable? This question makes me smile because they are both. The same can be said of cucumbers, peppers, zucchini and any part of ...

As managed honeybee hives multiply, wild bees and butterflies are disappearing. Since honeybees are not endangered, is ...

Pollination is a fundamental process for the survival of our ecosystem. Nearly 90% of the world’s wild flowering plant species depend entirely or at least partially on animal pollination.