A pesticide approved for being safer than its predecessors may be quietly sabotaging the very insects farmers depend on, and ...

Scientists found low doses of a widely used pesticide disrupt bee reproduction by altering genes in their ovaries rather than ...

Bees and butterflies help produce our food by pollinating the crops farmers grow. In fact, 35% of the world's food crops, including fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds, depend on pollinators. But ...

The endangered rusty patched bumble bee has gained major occupied critical habitat protection across about 1.5 million acres.

A new study proves bumblebees can problem-solve similar to big-brained creatures, showing just how smart the insects are.

When most people think of bees, they picture honey bees buzzing around a hive. But honey bees are just a small part of a much ...

BERLINBERLIN — In a strip of greenery between Berlin’s Natural History Museum and a busy street, bumble bees move swiftly between flowers while a ladybug makes its way along a leaf full of aphids and ...

The buzz of a bumble bee feeding at a willow catkin is a sure sign that spring has arrived to Interior Alaska. As more and more flowers unfurl to offer their nectar and pollen rewards, a dizzying ...

Bees that build microbreweries, ride a miniature merry-go-round and possibly even wear diapers: In biologist Tobin Hammer's UCI lab, all sorts of unusual projects unfold. Equipped with butterfly nets ...