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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

Before it becomes the familiar vegetable on dinner plates, okra starts its life as a flower. Zack Snipes, the area ...

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

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

A recent study reveals a concerning decline in insect populations, even in remote, untouched ecosystems. Researchers observed a staggering 72% decreas ...