A Peruvian scientist and her team are working together to make sure stingless bees are around for generations to come by ...

I n a first for nature and the planet, an insect has been given official legal rights. The revolutionary move comes from Peru ...

In a groundbreaking move with international significance, insects–specifically stingless bees from the Peruvian Amazon–have ...

(CNN) — Bumblebees can process the duration of flashes of light and use the information to decide where to look for food, a new study has found. This is the first evidence of such an ability in ...

When mice sneak into beehives for warmth and honey, bees fight back. Worker bees will swarm, kill, and mummify the intruder.

Bees have long been celebrated for their intricate hives and precise navigation, but new research suggests their inner lives are even more sophisticated than many scientists assumed. In carefully ...

Insects are the primary pollinators of most flowers and crops. Niklas_Weidner/500px via Getty Images Rachel Mallinger: A lot of different insects pollinate. Insects visit flowers for many purposes, ...

Bees can get drunk from fermented nectar, and guard bees may eject intoxicated foragers to protect the hive from harm.

In order to reproduce, most flowering plants rely on animals to move their pollen. In turn, pollinators rely on flowers for food, including both nectar and pollen. If you're a gardener, you might want ...

Urban wild bees carry microbial signatures in their guts that reveal stresses of city living, from limited food to pollution ...

At this time of year, you might notice an uptick in buzzing visitors around your patio, compost pile or refuse bins. The striped yellow, orange and black pollinators we laud in spring and summer seem ...

Pesky ground bees digging in your yard? It is important to know how to get rid of them fast, but also safely—we don't want any bee stings to occur. Because these insects are pollinators, you should, ...