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

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a micro-flapping-wing robot that exhibits ...

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

New research suggests insects may experience emotion-like states, showing stress responses and even exhibiting pessimism or optimism. Studies indicate ...

I used : teardrop crystal and ( abacus or spherical ) crystal 6mm Soft copper wire 22 gauge ( wire diameter 0.6mm ) : 30cm ( ...

Giannutri is a little island off the coast Italy. Its isolation ensured that honeybees never got there under their own steam ...

Van der Heide got her start at Cal Poly, tagging monarchs by numbering their wings in Sharpie and trying to find them later ...

While often overlooked, insects pose significant threats to human health, transmitting deadly diseases like malaria and ...

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, ...

Left: Bee-mimicking hoverfly (Eristalis intricarius) on a purple flower. Right: bumblebee, also on purple flower. L: Peter ...

WICKED was the adjective used in Accompong, St Elizabeth, to describe Category 5 Hurricane Melissa which destroyed almost every farm in the community and majority of the houses. Now the farmers in the ...