Ethiopian wolves feed on the sweet nectar of a local flower, picking up pollen on their snouts as they do so - which may make them the first carnivores discovered to act as pollinators.

Flowers abound in spring and summer. Their generous offerings of colour, smell and nectar are all on show for one reason - to seduce a pollinator to pay them a visit. Pollinators carry pollen with ...

Researchers observed Ethiopian wolves (Canis simensis) feeding on the nectar of the Ethiopian red hot poker (Kniphofia foliosa) flowers, marking the first known documentation of large carnivores ...

By Douglas Main Flower mites spend their lives slurping nectar and nibbling pollen in flowers throughout the tropics. To travel from one blossom to another, these tiny, eight-legged creatures ...