Most species on Earth exist as two biological sexes, and the exchange of genes between males and females is vital for their survival. Yet, what actually determines whether an individual develops into ...

You know spring is just around the corner when you see a red haze spread across woodland areas, suburban yards and city streets. “One of the first signs of spring is the red haze over the bare limbs ...

In choosing among potential suitors, red mason bee females pay attention to the specific way in which males of the species vibrate their bodies. Now, researchers have found that those vibrations carry ...

Female red mason bees, Osmia bicornis, from the U.K. don’t usually mate with males of the same species from Germany. It’s in the way he vibrates. Males living in different regions vibrate their thorax ...

TACOMA — This spring you might want to welcome some apartment dwellers into your back yard. They’re peaceful (especially the males), they keep to themselves and don’t require much work from you. Oh, ...

Ever wonder what might make one species split in two? A new study in the journal Current Biology shows that it could come down to a simple female preference for a specific type of buzz. Red mason bees ...

Mason bees aren’t suffering from the colony collapse disorder that’s threatening honeybees, which makes them even more crucial to human food production. But humans can definitely give mason bees a ...

NORFOLK -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agriculture Specialists in Norfolk have made a first in the nation pest interception of the red mason bee. On February 2, a containerized shipment of ...