If evolutionary biologists are the detectives of the natural world’s past mysteries, then the phylogenic tree is their version of a cork board of crime-scene suspects linked together with red string ...

Ruby E. Stephens receives funding from the Australian Government's Research Training Program. Hervé Sauquet receives funding from the Australian Research Council and Australian Research Data Commons.

Answer: This question is a good one because the answer is beautiful. Big, fragrant, flamboyant flowers are a good indicator that an insect or other animal pollinates the plant. When the flowers are ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Tanoaks, Notholithocarpus densiflorus (Hook. & Arn.) Manos, Cannon & S. H. Oh, are being killed by sudden oak death, caused by the pathogen ...

Insects are the primary pollinators of most flowers and crops. Niklas_Weidner/500px via Getty Images Rachel Mallinger: A lot of different insects pollinate. Insects visit flowers for many purposes, ...

Insect pollination is a decisive process for the survival and evolution of angiosperm (flowering) plants and, to a lesser extent, gymnosperms (without visible flower or fruit). There is a growing ...

Oldest evidence of insect pollination found With massive dinosaurs towering above, tiny female insects called thrips had just dusted themselves with hundreds of pollen grains from a gingko tree more ...

Before there were flowers, pollination of plants by insects was likely rare, and scientists had no idea of the insect culprits. But a new discovery suggests at least one flittering pollinator. Strange ...

We tend to think of plants as passive, vulnerable actors. But in their partnership with insects, it’s plants that often play the leading role. Sometimes, this can get pretty surprising. As evening ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A review of the literature, compiled over the past 40 years suggests new directions for theories discussing the evolution of reproductive ...

It's rare for insect-pollinated plants to cause an allergic reaction unless you stick your nose in a flower. ( Image by Paul Bourgeois ) This spring seems to be a terrible one for allergy sufferers. I ...