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Sep. 26, 2022 —Researchers have found that hedges and perennial flower strips are complementary in supporting wild bees in orchards by providing continuous resources over the growing ...
July 1, 2021 —Mass-flowering crops such as oilseed rape or faba bean provide valuable sources of food for bees, which, in turn, contribute to the pollination of both the crops and nearby wild plants. But not every ...
July 19, 2022 —Scientists investigating the growth of Arctic vegetation have found that seed dispersal and fire will slow its land expansion in the long term, despite more favorable conditions from a warming ...
Feb. 3, 2021 —A higher diversity of flowering plants increases the breeding success of wild bees and may help compensate for the negative effects of insecticides. This is what researchers have found in a ...
Nov. 23, 2021 —A research team was able to find a previously unknown glacial relic in the Alps, the Alpine rose leaf-miner moth. It is the first known species to have its caterpillars specializing on the rust-red ...
Sep. 11, 2020 —Insect pollination is as important to Arctic plants as it is to plants further south. When flowers abound, the plants have to compete for pollinators. Researchers reveal that higher temperatures ...
Aug. 31, 2020 —Researchers have investigated how the parasitic dodder Cuscuta australis controls flower formation. They showed that the parasite eavesdrops on the flowering signals of its host plants in order to ...
Feb. 5, 2021 —Bird species that live in their natural habitats can help zoos learn how to manage those in captivity, according to a new ...
Oct. 27, 2021 —In 1545, King Henry VIII's favorite ship, the Mary Rose, capsized and sank in the Battle of the Solent defending England and Portsmouth from a French invasion fleet. The wreck remained on the ...
Apr. 12, 2021 —An amber fossil of a Cretaceous beetle has shed some light on the diet of one of the earliest pollinators of flowering ...