Cycads are the oldest living group of seed-producing plants — and it seems they use infrared heat signals to attract specialized nocturnal weevils that deliver their pollen 1. Wendy Valencia-Montoya ...
Since the time of the dinosaurs, cycad plants may have attracted insects using infrared light. It may be the world's oldest form of pollination. Rhopalotria furfuracea beetles pollinate the cones of ...
Researchers at Duke University set out to study dogs' intelligence, finding insights into how dogs learn, their individual strengths, and how the species is evolving to become even better companions ...
Celia Rubin founded Mr. Lucky Dog’s Sanctuary in 2018 to care for senior and hospice dogs. The sanctuary provides a lifelong home for dogs that are considered unadoptable due to age or medical issues.
The words “pollination” and “flower” may seem inseparable, but plants began courting insects millions of years before they evolved flashy petals. Now we know how they may have done it: not with ...
Ancient plants called cycads say “come hither” in infrared. By Sofia Quaglia If a plant wants to reproduce, there are a number of tricks it can use to lure a pollinator insect. It can display gaudily ...
Harvard researchers have discovered that cycads—one of the oldest living lineages of seed plants—heat up their reproductive organs to attract beetle pollinators and the insects possess infrared ...
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The Sioux Falls Area Humane Society is announcing a partnership that staff say will benefit its dogs and inmates at the South Dakota State Penitentiary. After a three-year ...
Marigold, a capybara at the Cape May County Zoo, gave birth to five pups on Friday, just weeks after her sister, Buttercup, welcomed her own litter in October. “Buttercup may have been first to give ...
This weekend, “Remove the Regime” protests in the nation’s capital are demanding an end to the Trump administration’s deployment of National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., as well as President ...