These occasional picnic plagues are more than what they seem: they’re also nature’s pest control agents and important pollinators. September 2, 2022 The following is an excerpt from Endless Forms: The ...

Figs and the wasps that pollinate them present one of biologists' favorite examples of a beneficial relationship between two different species. In exchange for the pollination service provided by the ...

About 90% of flowering plants rely on animals to transfer their pollen and optimize reproduction, making pollination one of nature's most important processes. Bees are usually the first insects to ...

CHICAGO -- Fall is in the air. Chicago evenings have a crisp breeze. But something has been bugging Annie Andrews. Specifically, bees and wasps and a whole lot of sneezing. “It’s gotten to a point, ...

Some people -- and animals -- will go to any lengths to attract members of the opposite sex, including the use of aliases and lies. As many as 10,000 species of dainty orchids in the floral world also ...

Millions of years ago, bees evolved from meat-munching wasps, but little is known about their transition from carnivorous insect to flower-seeking pollen-eater. A newly discovered fossilized bee, ...