Evolution has fostered many reproductive strategies across the spectrum of life. From dandelions to giraffes, nature finds a ...

Breakthrough discovery of 123-million-year-old pollen grains in Portugal pushes back flowering plant evolution by 2 million ...

Pollen grains are far more than allergens — they are also nature’s time capsules, preserving clues about Earth’s past ...

(THE CONVERSATION) If you are sneezing this spring, you are not alone. Every year, plants release billions of pollen grains into the air, specks of male reproductive material that many of us notice ...

Wind is not an efficient pollinator, however. The probability of one pollen grain landing in the right location – the stigma or ovule of another plant of the same species – is infinitesimally small.

Wind is not an efficient pollinator, however. The probability of one pollen grain landing in the right location – the stigma or ovule of another plant of the same species – is infinitesimally small.

Wind is not an efficient pollinator, however. The probability of one pollen grain landing in the right location – the stigma or ovule of another plant of the same species – is infinitesimally small.

Wind is not an efficient pollinator, however. The probability of one pollen grain landing in the right location – the stigma or ovule of another plant of the same species – is infinitesimally ...

Wind is not an efficient pollinator, however. The probability of one pollen grain landing in the right location—the stigma or ovule of another plant of the same species—is infinitesimally small.