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, ...

Pollination, the movement of pollen from the anther (male) of one flower to the pistil (female) of another flower is ...

Butterflies add some beauty to your garden, and other pollinators in general will help it grow. Therefore, some gardeners are ...

Most people think a pollinator garden requires tearing up their entire lawn, hiring a landscaper, or knowing the Latin names ...

Smoke pours over the colony of bees, dousing the air in a sweet, earthy smell of burning wood. Drake Elting holds the smoker ...

A plant uses a rare scent to guide its pollinator to male flowers first and to female flowers later, finds a study led by ...

As a designated National Geographic Explorer, Bertie Gregory traverses the globe documenting wild life in all its complexity.

Planting native plants for pollinators is one of the easiest and most impactful ways to support bees, butterflies, and other ...

Get a honeybee near a rose or a lavender and the insect will extend its strawlike tongue to search for nectar, pollinating the flower in the process. That’s at least how it works in clean environments ...

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 ...

Loss of essential pollinator insects because of the changing climate could lead to some of our favorite treats getting a lot more expensive, research has found. Various plant crops such as coffee, ...

When building a pollinator-friendly garden, consider this long-blooming, lesser-known group of flowering plants to attract ...