About 90% of flowering plants rely on animals to transfer their pollen and optimize reproduction, making pollination one of ...

While modern trees like maples and ashes have switched to wind pollination — releasing clouds of pollen to be scattered at ...

While many people from outside Guangdong province shun insects as food, bug dishes are common on dinner tables in the ...

One summer day in 2018, Sam Droege lowered his net and scooped up a few small bees buzzing around the blossoms of a chinquapin, a shrubby member of the chestnut tree family. Droege, a wildlife ...

In extreme cases, a bee sting can cause life-threatening anaphylaxis. Approximately 5% to 7.5% of people will experience a severe allergic reaction to insect stings in their lifetimes. In ...

Of the top 50 invertebrate prey species that the team identified, 43 are known to visit flowers. Europe’s top three main crop ...

Recovered grasslands need more than 75 years of continuous management to regain their biodiversity because specialized pollinators are slow to return. A new finding underscores the importance of ...

Homeowners can support insect populations by creating pollinator habitats in their yards, even small changes like planting a tree can help.

Close to a year after the implementation of the Insect Cafe at Lalbagh, experts discuss its impact on the environment ...

Swapping love and commitment for community and a stylish approach, “Bee de Chaumet” is about broadening the jeweler's ...

A bumble bee queen must go through diapause—a dormant stage that enables an insect to withstand harsh environmental conditions—to survive to the spring, when she can start a new colony.