In search of answers on how underwater plants are pollinated, scientists have recently discovered the bees of the sea. For centuries, scientists believed that pollination of seagrasses like dioecious ...

When it comes to reproduction, one type of red algae gets by with a little help from its friends: small sea crustaceans that transport sex cells between male and female algae, like pollen-laden bees ...

Both sea slugs and Idotea (the crustacean between the two sea slugs in this photo) feed on algae and increase in numbers when the crab population is controlled by sea otters. Disclaimer: AAAS and ...

Insects such as bees and butterflies play a role in pollinating plants, and in recent years there is concern that the decline in bees will affect plant pollination. A new study reveals that living ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Conceptual models predict a unimodal effect of consumer abundance on prey diversity with the highest diversity at intermediate consumer ...

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