The search for nectar costs insects a lot of energy, so they have to be as efficient as possible. Colorful patterns on the petals can help with that. Be it mallow, foxglove or forget-me-not: many ...

New research led by scientists from the University of Bristol and Queen Mary University of London has revealed that bumblebees can tell flowers apart by patterns of scent. Flowers have lots of ...

A wide range of flowers produce not just signals that we can see and smell, but also ones that are invisible such as heat, a new study has discovered. A new study, led by scientists from the ...

Martin Burd was involved in the study mentioned in the article. In Australia, honeyeaters are far and away the most abundant and important nectar-feeding birds, so also the most important avian ...