Solitary bees that ingested the pesticide clothianidin when foraging from rapeseed flowers became slower. In addition, the strawberries pollinated by…
A new study found harmful levels of pesticides in milkweed plants purchased from retail nurseries across the United States. Pesticides were found in all…

August 2022

The funds are designed, in part, to help farmers create habitat for pollinators like bees and butterflies, store more carbon in the soil, and make farms…
Recovering America’s Wildlife Act would provide close to $1.4 billion a year for restoring wildlife populations across the country. At its core, RAWA…
When it comes to reproduction, one type of red algae gets by with a little help from its friends: small sea crustaceans that transport sex cells between…

July 2022

A dramatic decline in the bee population at fruit farms in New Jersey and Pennsylvania has scientists wondering whether it is a natural phenomenon or a…
Minute remnants preserved among the dried leaves might help scientists track pests and monitor population declines.
Researchers expected that, as had been previously shown with a variety of organisms, bumble bees who were socially isolated would exhibit more…
Imagine traveling vast distances through a barren wilderness without access to food or water. That’s the challenging reality facing many flying insects…
A species of bumble bee thought to have disappeared from Wales has been recorded in Carmarthenshire for the first time since 1973. "We found nine…

June 2022

Several species of California bumble bees have gone missing in the first statewide census of the fuzzy pollinators in 40 years. "Even the most dominant…
The unusual social life of a native species of Australian bee has shed light on how cooperative behaviors in bees evolved. Scientists have analyzed the…