291 Results From "pollinator"

What sex is this tomato plant? It depends on when you ask.
Science

What sex is this tomato plant? It depends on when you ask.

By Eleanor Cummins

A great climate comes from happy soil. Could happy soil come from California?
Global Warming

A great climate comes from happy soil. Could happy soil come from California?

By Ula Chrobak

Male ants are pretty much just flying sperm (and other amazing ant facts)
Insects

Male ants are pretty much just flying sperm (and other amazing ant facts)

By Charlie Durant, Max John, and Rob Hammond/The Conversation

What avocados and clownfish have in common, sexually speaking
Animals

What avocados and clownfish have in common, sexually speaking

By Sara Chodosh

All the buzz about NASA’s new fleet of space bees
International Space Station

All the buzz about NASA’s new fleet of space bees

By Kat Eschner

Louis Sullivan
Technology

Rising high in 19th-century Chicago required nerves of steel

By Eleanor Cummins

apple breeding chart
Science

How we breed the best (and worst) apples

By Amal Ahmed

grapes on the vine in a vineyard
Agriculture

Artificial intelligence could help farmers water only the thirsty plants

By Jeremy Deaton

Burj Khalifa
Science

THE CRAZIEST PICTURES EVER!

By PopSci Editors

Saving pollinators is about more than just honeybees
Bees

Saving pollinators is about more than just honeybees

By Philip Donkersley/The Conversation

banana operation
Engineering

Can this fruit be saved?

By Dan Koeppel

Why Can Humans See In Color?
Evolution

Why Can Humans See In Color?

By Alexandra Ossola

A bee lands on a yellow flower.
Bees

Bees deal with darkness the same way humans do

By Charlie Wood

field
Agriculture

A chemical meant to save plants is actually killing them—and it’s spreading

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

Venus flytraps know not to eat the insects that pollinate them
Insects

Venus flytraps know not to eat the insects that pollinate them

By Jessica Boddy

Here’s what’s devastating Puerto Rico’s insect populations—and the animals that eat them
Global Warming

Here’s what’s devastating Puerto Rico’s insect populations—and the animals that eat them

By Neel V. Patel

a girl reads a textbook with a magnifying glass, and butterflies come out of the pages
Insects

Insects are disappearing from science textbooks—and that should bug you

By Erin Blakemore

New trackers will help scientists follow elusive critters
Animals

New trackers will help scientists follow elusive critters

By Andrew Curry

Run, don’t walk, to see New York City’s latest corpse flower bloom
Environment

Run, don’t walk, to see New York City’s latest corpse flower bloom

By Rachel Feltman

How to create a perfectly imperfect lawn
Projects

How to create a perfectly imperfect lawn

By Anna Brooks

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a hand holding a yellow paper airplane against a blue sky
Aviation

It’s National Paper Airplane Day: How to make a NASA-approved plane

By Laura Baisas

two sea slugs that are transluscent with yellow and black spots
Wildlife

Seed-size sea slug looks like an everything bagel

By Margherita Bassi

a gold medal from the 1924 olympics in paris. the text on one side reads VIII OLYMPIAD PARIS 1924 and has a rugby ball, discuss, and a harp etched in. the other shows a winner reaching down to help up a fallen competitor over the five interlocking olympic rings
Archaeology

Extremely rare 1924 Olympic gold medal up for auction

By Laura Baisas

hybrid cars on dealership lot
Hybrid Cars

Why hybrids — not EVs — are winning over US consumers

By Tik Root/Grist