Elaeidobius kamerunicus Faust (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), the pollinating weevil, is the most efficient insect pollinator of oil palm, Elaeis guineensis Jacq. (Arecales: Arecaceae). In this ...

Scientists have discovered that nighttime air pollution -- coming primarily form car exhaust and power plant emissions -- is responsible for a major drop in nighttime pollinator activity. Nitrate ...

A blowfly on lavender flowers. Flies are the unsung heroes of pollination. They visit flowers to stoke up on energy-rich nectar and protein-rich pollen and transport pollen from flower to flower in ...

Drones that blow pollen-laden bubbles onto blossoms could someday help farmers pollinate their crops. Rather than relying on bees and other pollinating insects — which are dwindling worldwide as a ...

This Valentine's Day, millions of pounds worth of chocolate will be exchanged as gifts, but climate change and biodiversity loss imperil future global supplies of this treat. A new research study ...

To bee, or not to bee. That is both the question and the problem. The European honey bee and many of our 4,000 species of native bees in the US are in trouble, dying off in large numbers. Without bees ...

Here's a look at the essential roles pollinators play in sustaining life on Earth and what's being done to save them. Much of the plant life, including flowering plants and human food crops, require ...

As air pollution worsens, fruits, flowers and the creatures that pollinate them could pay a price. That's the takeaway from British researchers who used special equipment to control levels of two ...

Flowers collected over the past century have given a rare glimpse into historical pollination decline in Australia. About 90 per cent of flowering plants rely on pollination to reproduce. And a ...