About 90% of flowering plants rely on animals to transfer their pollen and optimize reproduction, making pollination one of ...

Every year the Royal Entomological Society runs an insect photography competition for non-professionals. Here are some of the ...

All told, insect pollinators contribute to one-third ... which can chill their flight muscles to the point that they cannot fly. Bees are not fast fliers; while their wings beat over 11,000 ...

Using two species of flies from different climates — one from the cool, high-altitude forests of Northern California, the ...

Unprecedented images show how the insects cook invaders alive ... the predators snatching bees out of the air and then flying away with their victims, which would be carved up later and fed ...

The larvae of most bee fly species lay their eggs in or on other insects, particularly wasps and solitary bees. The larvae then feed on the insect host, usually killing it. Being both pollinators ...