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Multiple Factors Influence Hummingbirds’ Selection of Downward-Facing Flowers

News - 22 Nov 2012

How flowers have evolved particular colours, shapes and scents to attract pollinators has long fascinated ecologists. Now, using artificial flowers and high-speed video, researchers have gained...

High Ozone Air Pollution Makes Tobacco Hawkmoths Lose Attraction to Flower Odors

News - 7 Sep 2020

A team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany, and the University of Virginia, USA, has studied the impact of high ozone air pollution on the chemical...

Diverse Agricultural Landscapes Increase the Species Richness of Wild Bees

News - 2 Jul 2021

Mass-flowering crops such as oilseed rape or faba bean (also known as broad bean) provide valuable sources of food for bees, which, in turn, contribute to the pollination of both the crops and nearby...

Climate Warming Linked with Prolonged Time Interval Between Leaf-Out and Flowering in Temperate Trees

News - 22 Dec 2020

An international team of researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhejiang A & F University and the University of Eastern Finland have found that regardless of whether flowering or leaf...

Climate Change is Causing UK Plants to Flower a Month Earlier

News - 2 Feb 2022

Climate change is causing plants in the UK to flower a month earlier on average, which could have profound consequences for wildlife, agriculture and gardeners. Using a citizen science database with...

Study Links Climatic Fluctuations Over the Past Century with Flower Color Changes

News - 4 Mar 2021

Clemson University scientists have linked climatic fluctuations over the past one and a quarter-century with flower color changes. Researchers combined descriptions of flower color from museum...

Researchers Identify How Marine Flowering Plant Adapts to Saline Environments

News - 28 Jan 2016

To mitigate carbon emissions in the atmosphere, researchers have turned to sinks--reservoirs that accumulate and store carbon such as tropical rainforests, but also including a variety of terrestrial...

New Discovery by IU Paleobotanist Raises Questions About Early Evolutionary History of Flowering Plants

News - 18 Aug 2015

Indiana University paleobotanist David Dilcher and colleagues in Europe have identified a 125 million- to 130 million-year-old freshwater plant as one of earliest flowering plants on Earth. The...

Flowers Bloom Earlier When the Sweet Spot for Seeds Comes Earlier Due to Climate Change

News - 2 Apr 2015

Scientists at the John Innes Centre have discovered why the first buds of spring come increasingly earlier as the climate changes. Dr Steven Penfield at the JIC found that plants have an ideal...

Rare Historic Records Help Understand Climate Change Response of Woodland Trees and Flowers

News - 4 Mar 2015

Rare historic records of the changing seasons are helping scientists better understand how woodland trees and flowers are responding to climate change. Researchers say the order in which...