A former urban explorer says the most unpleasant part of New York City’s sewer system was the cockroaches, not the rats, ...

Bumblebees appear to be capable of coming up with creative solutions to new problems to get a sugary reward—and their ...

With no training, bumblebees can work out how to use a ball like a ladder to feed on sugar from an out-of-reach flower.

Deep below the Tyrrhenian Sea offshore Italy, scientists drilled into what they thought would be dark mantle rock—and found ...

Two scientists at a Institutes of Health laboratory were accused of smuggling vials containing deactivated mpox into the U.S.

For generations, scientists believed a queen honeybee was made almost entirely by diet: feed an ordinary larva enough royal ...

I walked out of my house this morning and was enjoying a fine spring day, watching which assorted bees were visiting tall ...

Hearing buzzing around your yard? It might be the Africanized honey bee, often called “killer bees,” which are a hybrid of African honey bees and European honey bees. They spread into Arizona and ...

As if dealing with fleas in your yard isn’t enough, these little bloodsuckers can infest your home, too. “You often don’t see them unless you have a bad infestation,” says Eric Benson, PhD, professor ...

Bees rarely attract much attention unless a hive appears somewhere unexpected or a jar of honey is sitting on a kitchen shelf ...

Pollinators like bees and butterflies are vanishing across the world due to toxic pesticides and habitat loss, threatening ecosystems and global food security. Over 87% of flowering plants rely on ...

Use bee guards, bee moats, or relocate feeders to deter bees and wasps while still allowing hummingbirds to access nectar.