New research suggests insects have pollinated flowers since the pollen-bearing blooms first evolved more than 140 million years ago.
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Millions of years before dinosaur footsteps first set tremors through the Earth, this flowering plant family was already thriving – and you can still find them in gardens today.
Climate change is throwing plants and pollinators out of sync.
Monitoring the timing of recurring biological events is key to understanding the effects of climate change.
Scientists have reconstructed the common ancestor of everything from rose bushes to oak trees, ivy or wheat.
The fossilized plant Montsechia relied on water to disseminate its genetic material and may rewrite the book on when and how the first flowering plants evolved.
Hummingbird-pollinated flowers evolved perfectly to suit the bird’s bill shape, its colour vision and even its taste buds. This is the beauty of co-evolution, where two species interact so closely that…
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Reader in Cell and Molecular Biology, Oxford Brookes University
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Associate Professor in Ecology and Evolution, UNSW Sydney
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Emeritus Professor of Geological Sciences and Paleobotany, Indiana University
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Associate Professor, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University
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PhD Candidate, Pests and Climate Change, University of Reading
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Distinguished Professor Emeritus in Plant Ecology, Curtin University
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