Scientists with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say a new breed of tiny flying robots that weigh less than a gram ...

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

South Australian ecologists have provided irrevocable proof why native vegetation is critical for healthy crop yields and ...

Discover fascinating insights into the behavior of honey bees. A new study reveals how far they travel to forage and how long ...

Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed advanced robotic insects that could aid ...

Scientists have solved the 130-year mystery of Stigmatodactylus sikokianus, a fungus-consuming orchid with a unique self-pollination method.

Sonoma Botanical Garden is self-pollinating a rare magnolia from China in hopes of cultivating more specimens to preserve the ...

MIT researchers are designing robotic insects capable of swarming from mechanical hives to handle precise pollination tasks efficiently. The team designed their tiny, flying robots to be ...

The study, conducted across three countries, reveals that flies’ sensitivity to heat is especially concerning for crops like chocolate that depend on fly pollination and for high-altitude ...

With a more efficient method for artificial pollination, farmers in the future could grow fruits and vegetables inside multilevel warehouses, boosting yields while mitigating some of agriculture's ...

Despite the team’s improvements, the robotic insects still cannot match the capabilities of natural pollinators. However, the researchers aim to improve the robots’ flight time and precision to enable ...