Boronias, known for their showy flowers and strong scent, are a quintessential part of the Australian bush. They led ...

The rapid change in these plants is thought to be due to the huge decline in flying insect populations. The researchers even think it could be part of a vicious cycle: fewer insects lead to less ...

Languages: English, Spanish They form part of the butterworts genus—a group of more than 100 species of flowering plants, known technically as Pinguicula, that have the ability to catch insects ...

Insect eyes are generally sensitive to ultraviolet, blue and green light. With the exception of some butterflies, they cannot ...

So what is that ball of spit on your plants and is it harmful? The spittle, as it's known, is made by an insect called a spittlebug, so named because it produces the weird frothy substance which ...

Scientists and local volunteers are participating in a BioBlitz in Louisville. It’s an effort to document every kind of ...

Plants advertise their nectar and pollen with a sweet, enticing odor. Insects visit ... climate, and weird biology because she’s curious to a fault. When she’s not writing, she’s hopefully ...

Most caterpillars snack on leaves and plants ... parts of the insects it finds. “Ant heads, fly wings, beetle legs: it uses them all,” scientists on the team reported. This strange covering ...

But a weird group of boronias has puzzled botanists for decades. They have closed flowers that thwart most insect visitors. Those that do gain entry may encounter alternating sterile and fertile ...