Through pollination and feeding on all parts of plants, insects influence which plants thrive, which struggle, and even ...

Quick Take Argentine ants are a non-native, invasive species in the United States. They compete with bumble bees for prized ...

A new study in the journal PLOS Biology finds that these humble insects can actually learn to solve puzzles from one another, suggesting that even some invertebrates like these social insects have a ...

Bumble bees—vital and fuzzy pollinators—face unique threats amidst global insect declines. If the insect world has a fuzzy, charismatic cutie, it’s surely the humble bumble bee. While insect ...

Shrill Carder Bumblebee. Bombus sylvarum, the shrill carder bee or knapweed carder bee, collecting nectar from a flower. wls It's being called the unnoticed apocalypse: The number of insects is ...

The species' population has dropped by 89% in the past 20 years. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The American bumblebee (Bombus ...

René Descartes’s dog, Monsieur Grat (‘Mister Scratch’), used to accompany the 17th-century French philosopher on his ruminative walks, and was the object of his fond attention. Yet, for the most part, ...