so this interaction is called nectivory, a specialized form of herbivory, and the insect is often referred to as a "nectar thief." Less frequently, animal pollinators are deceived by plants into ...

An interaction may benefit both individuals ... Carnivorous plants, such as the Venus fly trap and the pitcher plant, consume insects. Pitcher plants catch their prey in a pool of water containing ...

Streetlights are brightening our nights, but they’re dimming the prospects for insects. The increasing levels of artificial ...

The findings contribute to a broader understanding of how plant-insect interactions shape evolutionary pathways. According to the research team, including scientists from Penn State, the National ...

For some gymnosperms called cycads, insects serve as their pollen shuttle service, and did so long before flowering plants needed bees and butterflies for pollination. The discovery, published today ...

"It also highlights the critical role of plant volatiles, or scents, in shaping insect-plant interactions and evolutionary adaptations." To determine whether plant scent may have driven adaptation, ...

They are particularly interested in the chemical mechanisms underlying beneficial interactions between species (mutualisms ... including drought and herbivory, affect plant-insect food webs in Great ...

Specifically, how did environmental changes affect taxonomic diversity, ecosystem structure, plant-insect interactions, and biogeographic patterns? By understanding how ecosystems reacted to past ...