Like so many flying insects, these essential pollinators are suffering because of habitat loss and the overuse of chemicals. Here’s how to give them a healthier, happier home ...

Brooklyn’s pedestrian plazas will be quite literally buzzing with activity this spring as the city expands The Pollinator Port Project, a program to offer refuge to local bees and other pollinators.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Insects are the primary pollinators of most flowers and crops. Niklas_Weidner/500px via Getty Images Rachel Mallinger: A lot of ...

A new National Geographic special, executive-produced by James Cameron, is inviting viewers to look more closely at one of ...

Bumblebees can process the duration of flashes of light and use the information to decide where to look for food, a new study has found. This is the first evidence of such an ability in insects, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Garden full of flowers for beneficial insects - Marina Lohrbach/Getty Images Your first instinct when you spot a buzzing insect ...

How do you feel about bees? I’m guessing they probably fall somewhere on the “cute” side of the spectrum, in contrast to, say, cockroaches, on the “eww” side (unless, like me, you’re a fan of ...

The idea may seem incredible but there it goes, the right to life and other legal guarantees have been granted to tiny ...

The buzz of a bumble bee feeding at a willow catkin is a sure sign that spring has arrived to Interior Alaska. As more and more flowers unfurl to offer their nectar and pollen rewards, a dizzying ...

The researchers designed a maze to test bees' ability to distinguish between long and short flashes of light. - Alex Davidson/Queen Mary University Bumblebees can process the duration of flashes of ...