Air pollution is a widespread issue affecting millions of people around the world, causing disastrous effects. But we humans are not the only ones to suffer from unclean air. In the last decade, a ...

What renders a city garden attractive to insects such as solitary bees, bumblebees and hoverflies? And how well do they ...

In Nepal’s remote mountain district of Jumla, preparation for a family meal begins long before food reaches the cooking pot. It starts in terraced fields of beans, buckwheat, apples and pumpkins that ...

Pollinators have economic and health benefits, but those benefits have been difficult to quantify. A new study puts some ...

Using a mobile stamen to slap away insect visitors maximizes pollination and minimizes costs to flowers, a study shows. For centuries scientists have observed that when a visiting insect's tongue ...

Biodiversity loss is directly threatening human health and welfare, according to new research led by the University of Bristol. The study, published in Nature reveals, for the first time, how the ...

In fields, forests, and backyard gardens, insects are quietly at work securing ecosystems and global supply chains. Over 75 percent of all flowering plants, including many fruits, vegetables, and nuts ...

Scientists from Trinity and Technical University of Denmark have developed a new radar-based technique that could address a ...

Research has found that “non-bee” insects are as important as honey bees in pollinating flowers, a service vital for crop production. In a study published today in the Proceedings of the National ...

In Nepal's remote mountain district of Jumla, preparation for a family meal begins long before food reaches the cooking pot.