Not every animal gets the spotlight, but that doesn’t make them any less important. These underrated creatures are crucial ...

About 97 percent of the land in the state is privately owned. Meet the people helping to make it friendlier for native bugs.

With all those beautiful mums and colorful pumpkins at garden centers and farmers markets, how can we select the best and ...

Bees. Among the most hardworking and organized insects in the entire world. They are appreciated and loved by doctors for the honey, wax, propolis they produce - all of which have helped people ...

The hospital system announced Monday that its Wildflower Garden Bee & Butterfly Refuge at its Healthy Lifestyle Campus is now ...

All that feed corn and all those soybeans—and those nearly 25 million hogs—produce a lot of nitrate. It’s making Iowans sick ...

Discover the benefits of consuming edible insects for sustainable food production and nutrition, including traditional ...

Dispelling myths, bats are vital for ecological balance, controlling pests, pollinating plants, and spreading seeds. These ...

A rare North American bumble bee may have been on a path toward extinction long before modern human impacts, suggesting that its long-term genetic ...

Insects have long pollinated plants, but evidence of ancient pairing is rare. Fossils now show bees and linden trees goes back 24 million years.

McGowan notes he has seen mantises stalking hummingbird feeders before, but has never witnessed an attack. Anecdotal accounts ...

Certain vegetables like tomatoes, peppers, peas, and beans have self-pollinating flowers and need little to no special care ...