The eastern redbud is a small (15-30 feet) native understory tree which blooms early spring and the pinkish-purple flowers ...

Microplastics are muddling honeybee memory, jeopardising pollination, and threatening our crops. Discover how these tiny ...

Even insects occasionally release a few droplets while flying. But is it really urine? PETBOOK editor and biologist Saskia Schneider, an expert in the anatomy of social insects such as bumblebees and ...

Recent studies have shown that tiny pieces of plastics, which may originate from everyday products, can make bees more ...

Male carpenter bees lack stingers, and though females do have them, they are docile and don’t sting unless handled or ...

NoMowMay is a catchy concept, but it doesn’t provide the food that native North American pollinators need or lasting support for them.

This time of year fills me with such joy and anticipation. Seeing old friends emerge from the ground is almost as rewarding ...

The bumblebee-inspired robot is less than a centimeter wide and can hover, change direction, and hit small targets. Like a bumblebee moving from flower to flower, a new insect-inspired flying robot ...

In 1973 several of us, who were graduate students or friends at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (RMBL) in Gothic, CO ...

Friends of Secrest Aboretum's plant sale will take place 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. on May 10 at Secrest Arboretum featuring more than ...

Carpenter bees have “shiny, iridescent, hairless” abdomens that can reflect blue, black and purple colors, while bumblebees ...

Decades ago, the Bombus affinis species of the bumble bee could be seen thriving across the Eastern and Midwest regions of ...