More than 130 years after a fungus-eating orchid species was discovered, the purpose of its mysterious appendage has been ...

Insect-pollination of flowering plants is responsible for the majority of the world’s flowering diversity and is an essential part of plant reproduction. Flowers have bright colours, smells and ...

For many of these plants, this transfer is carried out by insects in search of food—this is known as insect pollination. The impact of humans on the environment extends to pollination and ...

Advancements in agriculture are now entering uncharted territory, propelled by significant breakthroughs in robotics. At the pinnacle of this pursuit, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) ...

New insect-scale microrobots can fly more than 100 times longer than previous versions. The new bots, also significantly faster and more agile, could someday be used to pollinate fruits and ...

Kobe University researcher has uncovered the purpose of the structure that inspired its name—revealing a novel mechanism by ...

Artificial lights at night are causing serious disruption to these insect night shift workers. That’s a problem for everyone.

A more efficient artificial pollination method could enable future ... To address challenges in robotic insect design, researchers improved upon earlier models composed of four identical units ...

Bee orchids mimic the shape and scent of bees in order to lure them into ‘pseudocopulation’, where the male insect attempts to mate with the flower ... Despite the elaborate deception, bee orchids ...