Assistant Professor of Biology Dr. Margarita Orlova is providing new insight into how bumblebee queens communicate through ...

Bees have long been celebrated for their intricate hives and precise navigation, but new research suggests their inner lives are even more sophisticated than many scientists assumed. In carefully ...

Insects are the primary pollinators of most flowers and crops. Niklas_Weidner/500px via Getty Images Rachel Mallinger: A lot of different insects pollinate. Insects visit flowers for many purposes, ...

What the experiment actually tested A bumblebee given a two-step puzzle box, one that required rotating a red tab before a ...

Get a honeybee near a rose or a lavender and the insect will extend its strawlike tongue to search for nectar, pollinating the flower in the process. That’s at least how it works in clean environments ...

Bees play a crucial role in pollinating plants, but soaring temperatures can put them under stress. Here’s how to make your ...

While extreme weather and habitat changes can spell doom for many native animals, including insects, a different picture has ...

Peru’s protection of stingless bees pushes the rights-of-nature movement into new territory. Learn more about why it's so important. The scope of human law has grown to embrace an unlikely class of ...

Researchers trapped insects across a 17-mile wind farm and found bees and butterflies most abundant right at the turbine ...

Many plants, from crops to carnations, cannot bear fruit or reproduce without bees, beetles, butterflies and other insects to pollinate them. But the population of insect pollinators is dropping in ...