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

Sunflower yields rise with insect pollination, showing how biodiversity and simple farm practices support harvests.

A Japanese dogbane plant species tricks flies by mimicking the scent of injured ants - the first case of plants using ant ...

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 ...

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

Human-made air pollution degrades flower chemicals and hides plant scents, interfering with the ability of bees and other ...

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

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

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

Myths have done bats (and us) no favors. Here’s the real deal on these skeeter eaters and how we can help them, from Norfolk ...

A plant is the first ever to be seen mimicking ants to attract pollinators. The species of dogbane imitates the smell of ...

Bees, butterflies and other insects have too little natural habitat around them to survive, according to a new study ...