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Washington's pollinators are critical to our state’s agriculture and can sometimes be used to help degraded ecosystems.
New fossil shows that precise wasp mimicry in hoverflies evolved far earlier than previously thought—and wasn't shaped by ...
There are about 9,000 species of wasp in the UK: Buglife says that ‘these include the parasitic wasps, some of which are so ...
Cerro Chirripó, the country’s highest peak, is known as the “land of eternal waters” in the indigenous language Cabécar — and ...
Entomologist Dr. Jessica Ware joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the world of insects. Are cockroaches so resilient that they'd survive a nuclear war? Why do praying mantis ...
Wasp vs. hornet: what’s the difference? Don’t worry, we’re not picking favorites today, because I’d choose neither. We’re ...
Georgia’s blueberry industry was worth over $526 million, making it the eighth most valuable crop in the state and third ...
Researchers have produced what is probably the most comprehensive list of bee species in Connecticut, noting 388 of them so ...
I wrote recently about pollinator-friendly plants and, in response, an email from Susan Savolainen, who gardens in Banning, ...
Student researchers will be busy bees this summer as they embark on a new project to study "bee hotels" installed by Fleming College in the City of Kawartha Lakes, as ...
When we picture beekeeping, most of us imagine jars of golden honey, gentle buzzes in summer gardens, and helpful pollinators ...
When beekeepers introduced honeybees to a protected island, wild bees nearly vanished. Could removing the hives reverse the ...