This Flower Is Evolving to Survive a Post-Insect Environment

Olivia Louise Dobbs
Symbiotica
Published in
5 min readMar 1, 2024

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Wildflower Evolution Accelerates Amidst Pollinator Decline: Researchers Uncover Alarming Trends

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Environmental changes are driving evolution at an unprecedented pace. The harsh reality of a changing climate isn’t only affecting human civilization and at-risk animal populations — ripples of the phenomenon are already visible everywhere. Recent studies have…

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Olivia Louise Dobbs
Symbiotica

Naturalist who writes about STEM. Curriculum developer, marketer, author, general purpose nerd. 🦜New blog every other Friday!