Out in a field, tomato plants are pollinated either by wind shaking flowers or by bees, which fly into the flowers and vibrate, releasing the pollen into the air. But inside a greenhouse or indoor ...

For flowering plants, reproduction is a question of the birds and the bees. Attracting the right pollinator can be a matter ...

Mandrake, whose name was selected from a pool of public submissions during a social media contest, began opening earlier this month and is expected to fully bloom in the next few days. The pollination ...

NACOGDOCHES, Texas Just about any other flower would smell sweeter, but that hasn t stopped East Texas plant lovers from admiring the rare blooms of one variety. Braving an odor likened to rotting ...

In nature, the quest to survive and spread is essential — and that’s certainly true for flowers. We might see them as vibrant harbingers of spring or precursors to juicy tomatoes, but from the ...

Researchers reveal that India’s sacred lotus can produce heat internally. This rare thermogenesis supports pollination, ...

For millennia, developing resilient crops relied on pollination by nature or humans—making the process long and often costly. Now, scientists from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology ...

Buzzing by bees during flower pollination is significantly more powerful than that used for defense or flight, according to a new study. Buzzing by bees during flower pollination is significantly more ...