About 90% of flowering plants rely on animals to transfer their pollen and optimize reproduction, making pollination one of nature's most important processes. Bees are usually the first insects to ...

Bees and butterflies might be the best-known pollinators, but they aren’t the only ones. Bats, birds, beetles, wasps and flies play an important role, too. Rae Olsson, a postdoctoral research ...

Deception is everywhere in nature. Animals and plants routinely cheat, lie and manipulate for their own benefit. One example ...

Editor’s note: This blog post from N.C. State News Service is part of a series of interviews with NC State University experts exploring whether homeowners in North Carolina could make a difference for ...

THE POLLEN HAS DEFINITELY BEEN SOMETHING TO SNEEZE ABOUT THIS ALLERGY SEASON. YES, INDEED. ERIN BURNETT SUITED UP TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE BENEFITS. ALL WEEK LONG WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE DOWNSIDES ...

One of the major challenges faced by pollinators is that much of their habitat has been co-opted for human use. Usually, it’s altered in ways that make it inhospitable for pollinators as well as other ...

To bring all the bees to the yard! These pollinators love warm, bright blooms early in the morning. But how did these plants end up facing east? It turns out they spend their whole life getting in ...

This fascinating fact has come to light, so to speak, as a video of bees not being able to fly without light has gone viral on TikTok and Reddit. The video captures dozens of bees plummeting to the ...

Hoverflies, often mistaken for bees and wasps, pollinate three quarters of our crops. Now we’re discovering we can train them ...

Summer is the perfect time to enjoy the outdoors, whether it’s relaxing with a book, hosting a barbecue, or simply spending time in your garden. But nothing can ruin outdoor fun faster than pesky ...