I have noticed that hybrid tomato seeds are higher priced than ordinary tomatoes. Are they really worth the price?

Indoor farms, also known as vertical farms, are popular among agricultural researchers and are expanding across the agricultural industry. Some benefits they have over outdoor farms include the ...

Hummingbirds gather pollen on their beaks and foreheads while sipping nectar. Photo: Flickr, Robin Gwen Agarwal Although we’re in the middle of winter, soon we’ll witness the unveiling of springtime ...

What has opposable thumbs and is the most dexterous tool on the planet? The human hand, obviously. Well … not anymore. At least according to engineers at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne’s ...

The very capable robotic picker-upper can grasp things on both sides and roam around freely. By Ari Daniel As a mother of three, Aude Billard, a roboticist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ...

Graham H. Pyke is a member of the NSW Frog and Tadpole Study Group, Birds Australia and the NSW Royal Zoological Society. Amy-Marie Gilpin receives funding from the research and development ...

The most immediate and obvious impact of a total pollinator extinction would be a massive agricultural crisis. Of the 115 leading global food crops, 87 depend on animal pollination to some degree.

If you’ve struggled to grow large tomatoes in the past, listen up. The problem with tomatoes is that they are tropical plants, and they only pollinate well within a certain temperature range. That ...

Ancient plants called cycads say “come hither” in infrared. By Sofia Quaglia If a plant wants to reproduce, there are a number of tricks it can use to lure a pollinator insect. It can display gaudily ...

The words “pollination” and “flower” may seem inseparable, but plants began courting insects millions of years before they evolved flashy petals. Now we know how they may have done it: not with ...

Pequeño is a breaking news reporter who covers tech and more. President Donald Trump appeared with a bandaged right hand during a Wednesday appearance in the Oval Office, the second day in a row he ...

An exhibition highlighting local arts and addressing food insecurity through creative projects is now open at CityArts in downtown Orlando. Art Pollination: Building Food Justice Through Creativity is ...