Like bees of the seas, these crustaceans pollinate seaweed - DTNEXT


8/3/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 9 months ago
by NYT Editorial Board

Move over birds and bees, there is another pollinator on planet Earth, and it lives in the sea. In a study, published Thursday in the journal Science, scientists found that a tiny crustacean, Idotea balthica, played the role of pollinator for a species of sea…

By ANNIE ROTH Move over birds and bees, there is another pollinator on planet Earth, and it lives in the sea. In a study, published Thursday in the journal Science, scientists found that a tiny crus… [+2946 chars]

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