You could consider hummingbirds as carb-loaders, just like an athlete might fill up on carbohydrates before a big game. Their beaks and tongues are also an essential part of pollination. Similarly to ...

But beyond their beauty, these birds also play a vital role in pollination – helping plants flourish and adding to the biodiversity of your garden. So, creating a hummingbird-friendly yard is ...

The hardy fuchsia is adapted for hummingbird pollination in a variety of ways. The bird is drawn to its red sepals, and the positioning of its pendulous flowers allows the bird, which can consume ...

However, you may want them in your garden after they turn into moths because they help pollinate plants. Other species of hummingbird moths lay their eggs on various host plants. "Upon hatching ...

I wrote on plunger pollination and other strategies plants employ to achieve out-crossing, which mixes genes of two parent ...

Interactions with pollinators are thought to be one of the main selective forces underlying the origin of floral diversity. Species of Iochrominae are pollinated by a wide range of animals, including ...

I believe most of us have a sense of what genetic engineering is all about — a method of inserting one or more genes of one species or individual into the chromosomes of another to gain a ...

During this floral feeding process, the birds pollinate many plants. These tiny birds are omnivores, sometimes feeding on insects and spiders. An adult ruby-throated hummingbird may eat twice its ...

Like other hummingbirds, they play an important role in the pollination of flowers. They’re primarily woodland birds that occupy mixed woodlands, eastern deciduous and pine forests, and forest ...