CENTRAL TEXAS (FOX 44) – If you’re not the one sneezing, chances are someone right next to you is. At least that’s how it seems these last few weeks. According to the Texas A&M Forest Service, we are ...
Some of the earliest plants attracted pollinators by producing heat that made these plants glow with infrared light, according to a new set of experiments. The work, published in the journal Science, ...
Rhopalotria furfuracea beetles pollinate the cones of cycad plants. Researchers now know that the cones attract pollinators by heating themselves up, which emits infrared light that the insects have ...
"During cold fronts, it gets very dry and windy and the pressure changes very rapidly," said Jonathan Motsinger of the Texas A&M Forest Service in a statement. "This triggers the opening of pollen ...
Female (left) and male spruce cones at the Arnold Arboretum. It's a more common sight to see separate male and female cones like this. (Courtesy William "Ned" Friedman) Every spring the conifer trees ...
With the seasonal overlap, symptoms of cedar fever can resemble a cold or the flu. If you're new to Texas or haven't ...
In many pine species (Family Pinaceae), ovulate cones structurally resemble a turbine, which has been widely interpreted as an adaptation for improving pollination by producing complex aerodynamic ...
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