Nectar is the secret sauce for boosting biodiversity and increasing the number of beneficial interactions in the ecosystems around us. Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant ...

Some pollinators not only provide fertilization services for flowering plants, they also lay their eggs on the plants' leaves after they have visited the flowers. Voracious caterpillars hatch from ...

Some perennials need cold weather exposure before a spring bloom. Discover which two nectar-rich flowers should be planted in the fall to establish themselves.

Humidity emanating from a flower's nectar stores tells moths if the flower is worth a visit, entomologists have discovered. The study sheds light onto a previously unknown mechanism used by ...

Flowers usually expend their energy on making themselves bright and colorful. They bleach themselves white to stand out against dark leaves, or they deck themselves out in colorful patterns, but the ...

In flowers called columbines, evolution of the length of nectar spurs -- the long tubes leading to plants' nectar -- happens in a way that allows flowers to match the tongue lengths of the pollinators ...

Aug. 21 (UPI) --New research has found that nectar plays a different role than previously thought -- by acting as the ultimate weapon of distraction for flowers. Nectar is the honey produced by ...

Some flowers have petals with small semitranslucent sections. Research in New Phytologist reveals that these "windows" alter ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Is there anything as enchanting as glimpsing a hummingbird flitting about your garden? How do their wings move so fast?! These ...

IN 401 BC, 10,000 Greek mercenaries were marching home from war against the king of Persia. Passing through Colchis, on the eastern side of the Black Sea, they feasted on honey stolen from beehives ...