Kobe University researcher has uncovered the purpose of the structure that inspired its name — revealing a novel mechanism by which plants ensure reproduction.

One answer is pollination, or plant sexual reproduction. Pollinators—typically wind, water, and animals—carry pollen from one flower to another, where fertilization takes place. Below ...

The hardy fuchsia is adapted for hummingbird pollination in a variety of ways ... the stigmas on female flowers of other wild celery plants. (The stigma is the sticky section of a flower that ...

A researcher from Kobe University has discovered the function of the structure that gave rise to the name of a fungus-eating ...

Does self-fertilization cause populations to go extinct ... Evolution of intermediate selfing rates in plants: Pollination ecology versus deleterious mutations. Genetica 102/103: 267-278 (special ...

Kobe University researcher has uncovered the purpose of the structure that inspired its name—revealing a novel mechanism by which plants ensure reproduction.

For gardeners, New Year’s resolutions aren’t made in January, but in the spring. As the days lengthen and the snow melts, we plan what we will do better this year. I always promise ...