Detailed in a study published on October 16 in the journal Science, biologists collaborating across multiple universities in ...

The new pesticide, based on the venom of a particular spider, kills common agricultural pests but leaves honeybees unharmed. (See “Honeybees in East Africa Resist Deadly Pathogens.”) The bee-friendly ...

Insects have long pollinated plants, but evidence of ancient pairing is rare. Fossils now show bees and linden trees goes back 24 million years.

Recent research shows that climatic changes to which bumblebee queens are exposed in their early life stages impair their ...

Learn how to identify a carpenter bee. Find out where and how long the bees live and what to do if they become a nuisance.

As summer fades and the crisp autumn air settles in, our gardens begin to wind down. But while most of the flowers may be ...

One butterfly species, the Madeiran large white – which was only found on the Portuguese island of Madeira - is now ...

Europe 's wild bees and butterflies are facing an escalating extinction crisis, a new conservation assessment has warned, ...

More than half (52%) of Europe’s threatened butterfly species are affected by climate change, the IUCN warns, and some such as the critically endangered Nevada grayling in south-east Spain are ...

Getting their name from the side to side body movement and an old tale of crawling in people’s ears, the earwig is a common and distinguishable household pest causing angst to homeowners for many ...