In Nepal's remote mountain district of Jumla, preparation for a family meal begins long before food reaches the cooking pot.

Scientists from Trinity and Technical University of Denmark have developed a new radar-based technique that could address a ...

Bright wings, gentle buzzing, and a garden that practically hums with life—this isn’t a fantasy, it’s a smart planting ...

Pollinators have economic and health benefits, but those benefits have been difficult to quantify. A new study puts some ...

Insect pollination is a decisive process for the survival and evolution of angiosperm (flowering) plants and, to a lesser extent, gymnosperms (without visible flower or fruit). There is a growing ...

We see them everywhere in spring: colorful flowers that seem to call out to bees, butterflies, and other insects. These visitors, called pollinators, are essential for the reproduction of flowering ...

What started as a joke between two researchers crossing a highway in northern Ontario has turned into a published study on the number of insects killed by vehicles across North America. The study, ...

Scientists have discovered that flowering plants growing in farmland are increasingly doing without insect pollinators. As reproduction becomes more difficult for them in an environment depleted in ...

Hummingbirds and bees are both important pollinators, but that doesn't mean you want bees invading your bird feeders.

Research has found that “non-bee” insects are as important as honey bees in pollinating flowers, a service vital for crop production. In a study published today in the Proceedings of the National ...