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They will now investigate the sounds different plants make and whether other species make decisions based on them, such as whether to pollinate or hide inside them or eat the plant.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2025

“Despite their disgusting appearance,” lovebugs provide environmental benefits, too, the video notes: The adults pollinate flowers, while the larvae aid the natural composting of soil.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2025

Insects are essential members of the web of life that pollinate many flowering plants, serve as a food source for birds and animals, and perform other important ecological services.

From Salon ● Dec. 30, 2024

The discovery of a unique case where the same insect species both pollinate a plant and distribute its seeds not only solves a long-standing botanical mystery.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2024

Vetch furnishes essential spring forage for bees before the alfalfa is in bloom, tiding them over this early season so that they are ready to pollinate the alfalfa.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

While in orchids the length of the flower tube closely matches the length of the pollinating insect mouthparts, the island wasp has much shorter mouthparts than the bumblebee that pollinates Goodyera henryi on the mainland.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2023

The tequila bat feeds on the flowers of the agave—a kind of succulent—and pollinates them.

From Science Magazine ● Oct. 11, 2023

For example, the Tegeticula moth species pollinates California’s famed Joshua trees, while the succulent is the only food source for the moth’s offspring.

From Reuters ● Dec. 6, 2022

It self pollinates as it has both male and female flowers and the opening and closing of doors in the palm house is enough passage of air for this to happen.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2021

The Carpathian "D", apparently, pollinates the Crath No. 1 well.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950 by Northern Nut Growers Association

It has been found that more than 85% of plant species are insect pollinated but 40% of insect species are at risk of extinction.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2024

Over the decades, that seed has grown into a wild and unruly tangle of misinformation and hysteria, amply pollinated by social media, wellness influencers, and a lack of science literacy.

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2024

Many of the pollinated flowers lead to the fruits and vegetables that humans and other animals depend upon.

From NewsForKids.net ● May 13, 2024

Researcher Ko Mochizuki of the University of Tokyo discovered that two species in the genus Angelica are pollinated primarily by hornets.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 29, 2024

Some mutant individuals developed fruit without even having to be pollinated, resulting in our seedless bananas, grapes, oranges, and pineapples.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Farmers pay Funkhouser to truck his bees across the country -- as far as the almond fields of California -- where they spend around two weeks pollinating crops.

From Barron's ● May 19, 2026

Whitehouse says insects' role in the ecosystem includes pollinating crops, controlling pests, decompose waste and recycling nutrients.

From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2026

They are also, not incidentally, highly useful to human society, producing honey and beeswax — both of which are used in a wide range of products — while also pollinating the plants that feed us.

From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2025

Bees serve a crucial role in pollinating native plants and crops, but their populations have been declining worldwide.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2024

Some agricultural crops and many wild plants are partly or wholly dependent on the services of the native pollinating insects.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson