The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has cataloged 28 invasive insect species that threaten forests, agriculture and ecosystems – with many already spreading in Pennsylvania landscapes.

Bee experts wouldn't have previously expected to find the likes of Osmia cyaneonitens, Dufourea dilatipes and Stelis heronae in Washington. But this year, researchers added eight new bee species to a ...

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Missouri and Kansas are home to approximately 400 different bee species. Some residents are turning their yards and balconies into havens of native plants.

Not an accolade anyone wants, but for the Xerces blue butterfly, its extinction is considered the first of any American insect species to have been directly caused by humans. Last seen in 1941, ...

Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve, famed for its rhinos, elephants and tigers, has recorded 283 species of native insects and spiders, according to the first survey of its kind released on ...

It’s not just the colors of fall that are making my yard zing, it’s the shaking and buzzing that tints the autumn soundtrack. My new and glamorous purple-pink anemone, with its elegant five-petaled ...

Dennis and Diane Reynolds have turned their New Berlin yard into a natural garden for Wisconsin's native bees, including bumblebees, as the state’s native bee population faces severe decline.

Thousands of native bee species buzz about our continent, tending to our gardens and ecosystems. Some are obvious, like chunky bumblebees. Others are harder to spot, like tiny fairy bees. “Native bees ...

A honeybee hive, with its large stores of pollen, wax, and honey, is like a fortress guarding treasure: with strong defenses, but a bonanza for enemies that can overcome those. More than 30 parasites ...

Bees have excellent eyesight, but there's one color they can't detect at all - an important fact to know when you're planning your bee-friendly flower garden.

Australia names a new species of giant stick insect, Acrophylla alta, found high up in the tropical forest of Queensland.