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Biology

The Coevolution of Flowering Plants and Their Animal Pollinators

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Certain orchid species are pollinated by a single species of insect, and in return, the insect gains a specific scent that it uses to attract its own mates—a striking example of coevolution.

Why this is interesting

You see a flower and a bee, but you are actually watching a partnership that has been sculpting life on Earth for 100 million years. How did these two very different organisms come to depend on each other so tightly?