Remarkably, these same species also later feed on the fleshy leaves carrying the seeds, aiding in seed dispersal. " It is well known that many plants rely on insects for pollination, although it's ...

Learn more about squirting cucumbers (Ecballium elaterium) and how their seeds explode out of them, which could lead to medical advancements.

Spatial set-up and positioning of the three latitudinal transects. The figure shows the effect of rolling the edge of the latitudinal transects on dispersal, the regions used for data extraction ...

New discovery: Endangered Amami rabbit disperses seeds for non-photosynthetic plant Date: January 23, 2023 Source: Kobe University Summary: Seed dispersal is an essential process for the evolution ...

As the Earth warms with climate change, plants and animals are being forced to move to friendlier conditions. Animals can swim, scamper and fly, but plants are rooted in place -- they rely on seed ...

Also spotted was a white-faced capuchin monkey, a reputed seed-pooper, and two similar-looking cousins of raccoons—a kinkajou and a northern olingo, both limber, springy, and sharp-clawed.

Seed dispersal. Plants disperse their seeds in lots of different ways. Some seeds are transported by the wind and are shaped to float, glide or spin through the air.. Plants growing near a river ...

Join the Forest Preserve District of Kane County for “EcoLab: Science of Seed Dispersal,” on Saturday, Sept. 28. It will be 9:30 to 11 a.m. at Creek Bend Nature Center in St. Charles.

Reporting in this week's PLoS ONE, Dennis Hansen, Christopher Kaiser and Christine Müller from the University of Zurich investigate how the loss of seed dispersal interactions in Mauritius may ...

Miranda Bernard, Laura Booth, Abraham Kielar, The Effects of Mega-Herbivore Extinctions on Seed Dispersal and Community Structure in An East African Savanna, Consilience, No. 13 (2015), pp. 312-325 ...

Most fruits have seeds, which make them capable of developing into new plants. Find out more with Bitesize. For students between the ages of 11 and 14.