If you were a flowering plant, wouldn't you want your pollen to be received by a plant of your own kind? According to a new study, at least one plant may ensure that happens, by blasting "rival" ...

Would you believe this is part of a plant? This is the anther of a sand rock-cress flower. It is responsible for producing the pollen that will be released into the environment to fertilize the eggs ...

The slow motion footage and images here capture the catapult-like mechanism of a Hypenea macrantha flower when a the bill of a hummingbird's skull is inserted. It clearly shows how the explosive force ...

This single grain of pollen on the sigma of a morning glory flower is demonstrating the first step in the process of creating a seed. The spikes covering the pollen grain will help it attach to a ...

Competing for space on hummingbird beaks, Hypeniea macrantha flowers fire pollen projectile blasts to dislodge pollen from rival plants in a bid to ensure the bird’s pollinating travels include them, ...

Plants need to ensure that each egg has the chance to be fertilized while at the same time preventing double fertilizations, which in many plants kills the zygote. Therefore, plants rely on sperm and ...

ANY biologically aware parent who has started talking about the birds and the bees will have realised halfway through that what they are really discussing is flowers. Bees carry pollen grains from one ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Spring is in full swing, and you've likely seen pollen anytime you have gone outside. The last few weeks pollen has accumulated on a wide range of outdoor surfaces, and the Midlands ...

There’s more than just pollen riding on a springtime breeze. Just as some human viruses spread when humans reproduce, plant viruses can use pollen to hitch a ride from flower to flower. A study in ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Yale Environment 360. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Last June, Aaron Flansburg felt the temperature spike and knew ...