By facilitating plant reproduction, pollinators perform a crucial ecological function that
supports the majority of the world's plant diversity, and associated organisms, and a …

Mutualisms (cooperative interactions between species) have had a central role in the
generation and maintenance of life on earth. Insects and plants are involved in diverse forms …

Angiosperms are by far the most species-rich clade of land plants, but their origin and early
evolutionary history remain poorly understood. We reconstructed angiosperm phylogeny …

A unique and personal insight into the ecology and evolution of pollinators, their
relationships with flowers, and their conservation in a rapidly changing world. The …

The Diptera are the second most important order among flower-visiting (anthophilous) and
flower-pollinating insects worldwide. Their taxonomic diversity ranges from Nematocera to …

Flowering plants (angiosperms) are the most diverse of all land plants, becoming abundant
in the Cretaceous and achieving dominance in the Cenozoic. However, the exact timing of …

Abstract Fieldwork in the Early Cretaceous Jehol Group, northeastern China has revealed a
plethora of extraordinarily well-preserved fossils that are sha** some of the most …

The ancient lake beds of the lower part of the Yixian Formation, Liaoning Province,
northeastern China, have yielded a wide rangeof well-preserved fossils: the …

The majority of living plant species are pollinated by insects, and this interaction is thought to
have played a major role in driving the diversification of modern angiosperms. But while …

The dramatic decline in atmospheric CO2 evidenced by proxy data during the Devonian
(416.0–359.2 Ma) and the gradual decline from the Cretaceous (145.5–65.5 Ma) onwards …