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 ...

Insect populations have been in decline the last 20 years, so if you want to do your part to help them this is what you need ...

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 ...

Do hummingbirds like petunias or dianthus? Grow these award-winning flowers to attract pollinators.

To make sure that flying pollinators come to flowers to pick up pollen, plants evolved special organs, the nectaries, to attract the animals. Scientists have now identified the sugar transporter that ...

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 ...

The blooms offer nectar throughout the day, and are visited by swallowtail and sulphur butterflies along with the avid hummingbird takers.

Dipping its beak into the sweet nectar of a flower, a hummingbird is doing more than getting a meal – it's contributing to a microbial community that could potentially determine the fate of that ...

From swallowtails to monarchs, each species requires specific host plants for caterpillars and nectar sources for adults to complete their life cycle.

Adding more hummingbirds to your yard might be easier than you think. It all starts with a splash of just the right color.