the female reproductive structure of a flower. The pollen grain then germinates into a tube that guides the male reproductive cells to the depths of the ovary, picking up signals along the way that ...

A new study by researchers at the University of Sussex and Rothamsted Research published on Jan. 20 in npj Biodiversity has ...

Pollinators—typically wind, water, and animals—carry pollen from one flower to another, where fertilization takes place. Below, match seven plants with their pollinators and, when you're done ...

Life can get a bit lonely for the orchid Stigmatodactylus sikokianus. It grows in dark and secluded places where it’s easy to miss and rarely visited by pollinators, but a 130-year mystery has ...