Imagine a world without coffee and chocolate! Pollinators of the world, including butterflies, bees, bats and birds provide an essential benefit to many plants we and other organisms rely on. Pollinators are declining at an alarming rate worldwide, and we need to focus on the smallest animals that go unnoticed. These small creatures provide flowering plants with the means to thrive and expand their diversity. Coevolution helps account for the great numbers and types of both pollinators and flowering plants, considering their long association and mutual benefits. Recent studies have shown the extraordinary economic importance of this relationship.
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