The large majority of angiosperm species depend on animals for pollination, including many agricultural crops, and plant-pollinator interactions have been extensively studied. However, not all floral ...
“They are an indicator species which lets us know that the environment is doing well where we are,” she says. “When we have ...
With Halloween coming in a couple of days, you are seeing plenty of Halloween decorations that are intended to instill a little bit of fear, including some displays containing bats. The fear of bats, ...
“You may already have a lot of plants that attract the insects that bats need to feed from, things like ox-eye daisies, ...
It is estimated that 200,000 to 300,000 species of invertebrates — like bees, beetles, butterflies, moths and mosquitoes — serve as pollinators worldwide. Around 2,000 mammals, birds, reptiles and ...
The Mexican long-nosed bat has been listed as endangered since 1988, and now a new plan is in place to protect it. The Tri-City Record reported that the scheme includes safeguarding their "existing ...
Put down those pesticides. Stop sweeping away the beetles. And don't worry about that bat in the attic. Be grateful for it. So says the North American Pollinator Protection Campaign, the United States ...
A pollinator is an insect or bird (or occasionally a mammal) that pollinates plants by transferring pollen from one plant to another. The movement of pollen grains from one plant to another is a way ...
“Bats Are Pollinators, Too!” presentation: 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Roger’s Grove Nature Area/Fairgrounds Lake, 220 Hover St., Longmont. Celebrating the spooky season and national bat week a bit early. Kids ...
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PHOENIX — The endangered Mexican long-nosed bat has been detected in Arizona through the utilization of citizen science from residents in southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico, Bat ...