While many modern plants use colorful flowers to attract pollinators, ancient palm-like plants called cycads lure them by ...
Since the time of the dinosaurs, cycad plants may have attracted insects using infrared light. It may be the world's oldest ...
Harvard researchers have discovered that cycads—one of the oldest living lineages of seed plants—heat up their reproductive ...
The words “pollination” and “flower” may seem inseparable, but plants began courting insects millions of years before they ...
Cycad cones aren’t always hot. Instead, they follow daily cycles of heating and cooling: Pollen-laden male cones produce a big burst of heat in the late afternoon, and then ovulating female cones warm ...
Discover the top DFW events for Dec. 4–7, including tree lightings, holiday festivals, concerts, family activities, and ...
SUPERFLU outbreaks have forced another secondary school to shut down as cases surge by 55% in just one week. Budehaven Community School in Cornwall has implemented Covid-style shut downs in a bid ...
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The University of Arizona’s Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium turns 50 Saturday, December 13, offering free admission ...