Urban sprawl has forced native animals and humans to live close together. Here are eight ways to make your home a refuge for ...

Scientists have discovered that pollen is a hidden source of natural medicine for honeybees. Symbiotic bacteria called Streptomyces produce antimicrobial compounds that fight deadly bee and plant ...

If you love hummingbirds, there's a beautiful purple perennial you can add to your garden that will produce blooms late into ...

A honeybee hive, with its large stores of pollen, wax, and honey, is like a fortress guarding treasure: with strong defenses, ...

Missouri and Kansas are home to approximately 400 different bee species. Some residents are turning their yards and balconies into havens of native plants.

The waggle dance, performed by successful forager honeybees (Apis mellifera) inside the hive, is a well-known form of ...

Turn your backyard garden into a beautiful butterfly paradise. Grow swallowtail butterfly host plants and flowers.

If you're looking to attract butterflies to your garden, this native perennial plant is a surefire way to do it and adds ...

Saturday’s 12th annual Butterfly Festival at the Kansas Wetlands Education Center attracted nature lovers during the monarch ...

In the quiet hum of a hive lies the rhythm of survival itself. Bees, those tireless workers of the natural world, are more than producers of honey; they are guardians of biodiversity, invisible ...

A green bus stop movement is installing plants on bus shelters, providing habitats for pollinators and countering the urban ...

The visual world as humans perceive it represents just a sliver of reality. Our eyes detect only a narrow band of the electromagnetic spectrum—what we call visible light. Beyond this limited window ...