Flowers adapt to welcome the birds — but not the bees

Once in the Americas, foxgloves swiftly evolved under pressure by pollinating hummingbirds. Evolution can forge new relationships between plants and pollinators in fewer than 85 generations. The showy purple flowers called common foxgloves ( Digitalis purpurea ) are native to Europe, where they are pollinated by bumblebees. When admiring […]

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