Insects are the primary pollinators of most flowers and crops. Niklas_Weidner/500px via Getty Images Rachel Mallinger: A lot of different insects pollinate. Insects visit flowers for many purposes, ...

Through pollination and feeding on all parts of plants, insects influence which plants thrive, which struggle, and even disappear altogether.

Tropical crops such as coffee, cocoa, watermelon and mango may be at risk due to the loss of insect pollinators, finds a new study. Tropical crops such as coffee, cocoa, watermelon and mango may be at ...

Crop pollination studies to date have mainly focused on either identifying different guilds pollinating various crops, or on factors driving spatial changes and turnover observed in these communities.

March 17 (UPI) --Farms surrounded by a greater diversity of insect populations benefit from more stable, reliable pollination services, according to a new study. In a first-of-its-kind study, ...

Winter doesn’t have to mean a lifeless garden or a silent backyard. Even when frost creeps in and most plants retreat, some ...

Accessing affordable fruit and vegetables is a significant challenge for the 1.2 million UK residents living in what are known as “food deserts“. People in these neighborhoods are unable to purchase ...

Insect pollination is a decisive process for the survival and evolution of angiosperm (flowering) plants and, to a lesser extent, gymnosperms (without visible flower or fruit). There is a growing ...

A guide to seven of the best perennials to plant in January, and you can get all of these as bare-root plants to benefit bees ...

Elizabeth Nicholls receives funding from a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship (MR/T021691/1) and the Sussex Sustainability Research Programme. Accessing affordable fruit and vegetables is a significant ...