Where You’ll Find a Nectary. Finding the nectary of a flower can be difficult, and will vary from one species to the next.

June is National Pollinator Month, and it’s a great time to explore ways we can support pollinators in the garden.

Despite the reports of nectar drinking, Lai and her colleagues were surprised by what they learned through systematic observation. Wolves “spend a lot of time actually foraging on the flowers ...

A study indicates that projected droughts by the end of this century could reduce the caloric value of flower nectar by up to 95%. This would harm pollinators, such as bees, as well as plants that ...

If the flower nectar also contains octopamine and tyramine, this erases the effect of caffeine. Real nectar, of course, contains hundreds of chemicals and Muth’s work is shedding light on their ...

One wolf, a female, spent an hour and a half in a flower patch and licked 30 flowers. Since the wolves are such large animals, scientists suspect the nectar isn’t a meaningful source of nutrition.

As the wolves feed on the nectar of the Kniphofia foliosa flower, their snouts become covered in pollen, which could facilitate the transfer of pollen from one flower to another. This peculiar ...

Ethiopian wolves are carnivores but new research suggests they supplement their diet with the sweet, sticky nectar from native flowers. And scientists say they may even be acting as pollinators in ...

These flowers are loaded with nectar. "You can see children drinking the nectar," she says. "I tasted it. It's very sweet. And when you do it, you have pollen all over your face." ...