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.

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

Pollinators carry pollen with them as they move from flower to flower. Their pollination services are essential for plants, including the ones we like to eat. Although honeybees get most of the credit ...

A trio of paleontologists, two with the Russian Academy of Sciences, the third with the University of Silesia in Katowice, has identified the oldest known pollen-carrying insect. The research by ...

because such insects can carry fungal diseases in addition to pollen. In fact, Suchan detected many species of fungi in some butterflies. Approximately 1,000 fungi are known to affect insects and ...

From a plant’s point of view, its flowers are only a means to an end. Their purpose is to attract pollen-carrying insects. Once the ovules are fertilized, the plant devotes its energies to ...