Browsing: Environment

Mississippi is “Nature’s Playground” and it’s home to some of the best-kept secrets in ecotourism.

We all appreciate how insects and plants depend upon each other to carry on with their lives. Bees and butterflies feed on nectar and pollen, and in the process, flowers are pollinated, and plants are able to reproduce. This is also the case for nectar-feeding birds like hummingbirds and tanagers that visit flowers on their spring and fall journeys between their winter and summer homes. The timing of blooming of these plants is not, however, a coincidence, but part of a long-established relationship between plant and pollinator.