Corpse plants are rare, and seeing one bloom is even rarer. They open once every seven to 10 years, and the blooms last just ...

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Authors of a new study are calling for stronger protection of insects in wildlife law, after the conviction of four men in ...

As NASA prepares for long-term bases beyond Earth, scientists are turning their attention to some of our planet’s tiniest ...

Argentine ants compete with bumble bees for prized nectar sources. But the bees are fighting back. Find out how.

Curious where bees and wasps go in winter? Learn how these buzzing insects survive the cold months and what happens to hives and nests until spring.

Cycads use infrared heat to guide beetle pollinators, revealing an ancient plant communication system that predates flowers.

Unfortunately, yet another invasive insect is keeping Clemson staff busy this year. The yellow-legged hornet has been spotted ...

Cycad cones aren’t always hot. Instead, they follow daily cycles of heating and cooling: Pollen-laden male cones produce a big burst of heat in the late afternoon, and then ovulating female cones warm ...

Since the time of the dinosaurs, cycad plants may have attracted insects using infrared light. It may be the world's oldest ...

Harvard researchers have discovered that cycads—one of the oldest living lineages of seed plants—heat up their reproductive ...

The words “pollination” and “flower” may seem inseparable, but plants began courting insects millions of years before they ...