Two biologists studying the lives of hummingbirds and flowers on Caribbean islands have discovered a remarkable example of animals and plants that evolve to meet each other's needs. The beaks of the ...

A small tree or shrub found in mountainous Central and South American rainforests has a most unusual relationship with the birds that pollinate its flowers, according to a study reported in the Cell ...

Flowers fill our world with beautiful colour. But it wasn't always that way. Fossils suggest flowers were originally simple structures, without much pigment. Scientists believe flowers had a dull, ...

Martin Burd was involved in the study mentioned in the article. In Australia, honeyeaters are far and away the most abundant and important nectar-feeding birds, so also the most important avian ...