Bees and butterflies help produce our food by pollinating the crops farmers grow. In fact, 35% of the world's food crops, ...

If you love figs, you may have heard some unsettling lore about them: that every fig hides a wasp, because these insects need ...

Vincetoxicum nakaianum tricks flies into pollinating it by imitating the smell of ants attacked by spiders. Ko Mochizuki ...

Humans are animal chauvinists: we like our insects pretty. As fall arrives, the monarch butterfly and praying mantids may ...

To improve oil palm yield in Jagtial, the Horticulture Department has released Elaeidobius kamerunicus insects from Africa for pollination. With native pollinators vanishing, officials hope the ...

Ko Mochizuki of the University of Tokyo has discovered that Vincetoxicum nakaianum, a dogbane species native to Japan ...

An international research team led by the Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research at the University of Vienna has made ...

Insect pollinators are fundamental to biodiversity, ecosystem resilience, and global food security, providing indispensable pollination services to both ...

In a new study, a team of scientists determined the minimum natural habitat on agricultural land that will allow insect ...

The plant native to Japan mimics the smell of ants attacked by spiders to attract the flies who pollinate the flowers.

Fences usually serve a practical purpose, marking a property line or garden zone. But your fence can do more if it's painted ...

A long-term study in Colorado reveals that insect populations are plummeting even in remote, undisturbed areas. Over two ...