People start gardens for different reasons such as the desire to grow their food, wanting more greenery around the house, or ...
With muzzles covered in pollen from foraging for nectar, Ethiopian wolves may be the world’s first large meat-eating ...
More research is needed to determine whether the wolves can successfully pollinate the Ethiopian red hot poker flower, and if their presence adds value to the plant’s pollination process.
Insects aren't necessarily the only pollinators, but the Ethiopian wolf could be an unexpected candidate, as recent ...
On one of his first trips to study wolves in Ethiopia in the late 1980s, biologist Claudio Sillero observed a highly unusual ...
An Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis) with its muzzle covered in pollen after feeding on the nectar of the red hot poker (Kniphofia foliosa). © Adrien Lesaffre Images ...
When the wolves visited a red hot poker plant, they usually licked the mature lowermost flowers, which contained the most nectar. In doing so, their muzzles became coated with pollen. This could ...
Endangered Ethiopian wolves feed on the nectar of red hot poker plants, and may transport pollen from flower to flower as they do so ...