For allergy sufferers, pollen makes being outside a miserable endeavor at certain times of the year. The minuscule airborne granules are essential for seed formation across the plant world, and ...

Few creations of nature are more exotic than the flowers that trap insects in order to transfer pollen from their male to their female reproductive organs. Though the workings of these trap flowers ...

A bee with pollen adhering to the legs sits at the entrance of the colony in front of a perforated grid of the pollen trap. As it passes through the mesh, it will brush off its pollen loads. These ...

Pollen counts across the country are set to surge this week, leading to warnings for hay fever sufferers. A new Met Office forecast map shows four regions in England have a “very high” warning level ...