The insects responsible for pollinating cacao’s tiny flowers are, themselves, also tiny, in order to access the flower’s reproductive structures. Biting midges from the Ceratopogonidae family and gall ...

Climate change affects everything around us, including the bumblebees, or Bummers in Scots, we all love. In a publication last month, the ...

Raspberries are a fantastic fruit to eat with numerous health benefits - but a little-known soil hack also means they are ...

The lesser celandine, also known as fig buttercup, is a low-growing perennial plant found in moist floodplains during the ...

For those living in the warmest U.S. climates, this shrub not only offers privacy, but it also attracts and supports local ...

Hazelnuts have long been prized as a tasty and nutritious food. Found in forests statewide in Missouri, they are a favorite wild edible for many people. Squirrels and other small mammals feast on the ...

Bat hitchiking, mealybug milking, and defensive bleeding - the creepiest crawlies and freakiest fliers of Aotearoa are duking it out in an annual popularity contest. Voting for the New Zealand Bug of ...

Bill Kerr explains how bean common mosaic virus and bean yellow mosaic virus can infect a field and spread, leading to major ...

Sonoma Botanical Garden is self-pollinating a rare magnolia from China in hopes of cultivating more specimens to preserve the genetic line.

Cottage gardens have a timeless appeal, and even more so in 2025 with the trend towards an informal, lived-in look. Here’s how to move away from pristine, clipped gardens to more romantic ones ...

Thinking of starting a pollinator garden? Experts suggest growing a variety of native plants that provide year-round nectar and pollen to butterflies, moths, bees, wasps and hummingbirds. It’s best to ...

Jamison and Walker tells Parade Home and Garden that the most common flowers in spring are usually tulips, daffodils, ...