pollinators – Go Beyond Discovery

Morning glory flowers grew larger over a decade

There’s been a shift toward earlier springtime flowering in many plants, but new research also finds one kind of flower is getting bigger.

Researchers collected more than 16,000 bees from 128 different species to evaluate pollinator habitats in North Carolina agricultural areas.

Sunflowers’ circadian clocks control how individual florets open in concentric rings to maximize visits from pollinators.

Sunflowers’ circadian clocks control how individual florets open in concentric rings to maximize visits from pollinators.

Botanical gardens and other urban green spaces can hold surprising diversity, according to a new study that shows they’re key for butterflies.

Botanical gardens and other urban green spaces can hold surprising diversity, according to a new study that shows they’re key for butterflies.

Biodiversity is critical to ecosystems, according to a new study that shows how different bee species pollinate the same plants over time.

Biodiversity is critical to ecosystems, according to a new study that shows how different bee species pollinate the same plants over time.

Pollination of watermelon flowers at fruit farms by wild bees decreased by more than half between 2005 and 2012, report researchers.

“…plants in fields that were adjacent to pollinator habitat produced seeds that were 6.5% heavier than the seeds from plants in distant fields.”