The Xerces Society is looking for volunteers for this year’s Bumble Bee Atlas field season to track declining populations of bumble bees.

“Put the tallest (plant) in the middle, so the design is almost like a cone. Or if you just want some pretty flowers, put a ...

This large, egg-yolk-yellow denizen of the sagebrush steppe inhabits 14 states in the American ... join their local Bumble Bee Atlas chapter or fill their gardens with native flowers such as ...

The number of early sightings of queen Asian hornets in Jersey is 11 times higher than previous year, experts warn ...

Coffee and egg prices continue to climb while farm equipment giants scale back production during trade wars. Check out these ...

More than a quarter (28 percent) of all North American bumble bees are facing some level ... 16.1 percent of 142 species face extinction. Even flower flies—those mimicry masters that pose as bees and ...

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to list the Clear Lake hitch (Lavinia exilicauda chi), a freshwater fish subspecies in the North American minnow family ... to list the ...

Recent studies have shown that tiny pieces of plastics can make bees more susceptible to bacteria and viruses.

A study of bumble bees has uncovered a potential reason for the insects' decline. By studying bumble bee exposure to ...

Pollinating insects such as bumble bees often repeatedly visit the same type of flower, even when a variety of flowers bloom nearby. This behavior is known as "flower constancy." Darwin speculated ...