One answer is pollination, or plant sexual reproduction. Pollinators—typically wind, water, and animals—carry pollen from one flower to another, where fertilization takes place. Below ...

It's called buzz pollination, and it works like ... and bright colors to lure with the promise of a meal. Flower receptacles, like the animals' transport systems, are wonderfully varied, from ...

In other cases, flowers just pollinate themselves. But many species have evolved to get insects and other animals to do the work for them. The relationship between plants and their pollinators is an ...

Some people -- and animals -- will go to any lengths ... Why orchids have evolved sexual mimicry for pollination is open for debate. Plants that are farther away from each other are more likely ...

Mutualistic interactions are mutually beneficial species interactions. Plant-pollinator mutualisms are particularly important, and involve nearly 170,000 plant and 200,000 animal species.

Cross-pollination: The pollen grain lands on a different flower to the one it originated from. As plants cannot move like animals they must adopt a different method of transferring these pollen ...

By simply watching how animals interact with plants in their ... of the Izecksohn's Brazilian tree frog's potential role in flower pollination is a powerful reminder of the wonders of biodiversity.

They tend to pollinate different types of flowers than bees. However, their offspring need animal protein and so are fed with smaller insects. So without wasps, there would be many more insect ...

Flowers can produce showy displays that appeal to pollinating insects or animals, but some "cheat" by enticing pollinators but not rewarding them with nectar. Research in New Phytologist indicates ...

Around 80% of Earth's flowering plants need animals to pollinate them - but it's not just bees getting the job done. The movement of pollen from one plant to another is how flowering plants are ...