The oldest known fossils of pollen-laden insects are of earwig-like ground-dwellers that lived in what is now Russia about 280 million years ago, researchers report. Their finding pushes back the ...

These record-setting remains are around 120 million years older than the previously oldest known fossils of pollen-carrying insects, the researchers reported last week in Biology Letters.

The scientists said their findings, published in the journal Biology Letters, predate the earliest known pollen-covered insects by 120 million years. Judging by the pollen composition, the ...

Meet some of the buzzing, bold and beautiful insects that make the most of long summer days to stir the pollen pot. Flowers abound in spring and summer. Their generous offerings of colour, smell and ...

Was it insects carrying pollen between those early flowers, fertilising them in the process? Or perhaps other animals, or even wind or water? The question has been a tricky one to answer.

When pollinators land on a flower, they're on a mission: They're looking for sweet nectar to eat and specks of nutritious pollen to bring back to their young. But how do insects know where to find ...

Flowers use a variety of strategies to inform pollinating insects about their pollen reserves, including color, smell and even electrical changes. When you purchase through links on our site ...

Scientists believe they have uncovered the earliest insects to be covered in pollen, dating back to around 280 million years ago. Palaeontologists in Russia discovered fossil remains of ancient ...

Carrying pollen is a workout that significantly increases the body temperature of bumblebees, researchers have found. A new study suggests this new understanding of active bumblebee body temperatures ...

because such insects can carry fungal diseases in addition to pollen. In fact, Suchan detected many species of fungi in some ...