In Nepal's remote mountain district of Jumla, preparation for a family meal begins long before food reaches the cooking pot.

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, ...

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

Many plants, from crops to carnations, cannot bear fruit or reproduce without bees, beetles, butterflies and other insects to pollinate them. But the population of insect pollinators is dropping in ...

Researchers hope to develop a deeper understanding of how the crop flowers of cotton and peanuts meet bees’ dietary needs or ...

A first-of-its-kind study is paving the way for how Colorado cares for its tiniest residents: pollinators. From species like the minute Metallic Green Bee to the larger White-lined Sphinx Moth, ...

Increasing urbanization is linked to a decline in crucial pollinator populations, including nocturnal moths, hoverflies, and bees, according to a new study from the University of Sheffield. Subscribe ...

While some people argue that an overabundance of managed honey bees is causing native bees to disappear, the evidence doesn’t ...

My decision to start a pollinator garden didn’t come overnight. I had heard a lot about the decline in bee populations and ...

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 ...