What renders a city garden attractive to insects such as solitary bees, bumblebees and hoverflies? And how well do they ...

Scientists have discovered that flowering plants growing in farmland are increasingly doing without insect pollinators. As reproduction becomes more difficult for them in an environment depleted in ...

Biodiversity loss is directly threatening human health and welfare, according to new research led by the University of Bristol. The study, published in Nature reveals, for the first time, how the ...

For a while, that decline seemed distant — a problem for wild meadows, forests, and faraway ecosystems. But the fallout is ...

Insect pollination is a decisive process for the survival and evolution of angiosperm (flowering) plants and, to a lesser extent, gymnosperms (without visible flower or fruit). There is a growing ...

Pollinators have economic and health benefits, but those benefits have been difficult to quantify. A new study puts some ...

Scientists from Trinity and Technical University of Denmark have developed a new radar-based technique that could address a ...

"Pollinators are responsible for much of plant reproduction," writes columnist Tom Karwin. "Bees, butterflies, moths and bats ...

In fields, forests, and backyard gardens, insects are quietly at work securing ecosystems and global supply chains. Over 75 percent of all flowering plants, including many fruits, vegetables, and nuts ...

Find out which common summer garden pests are most active now and protection strategies that help prevent plant damage with ...