For flowering plants, reproduction is a question of the birds and the bees. Attracting the right pollinator can be a matter ...

Despite the vast differences in human and bee brains, both of us can do mathematics. As we argue in a new paper published in ...

How can you tell the difference between a yellowjacket and a hornet? And how much cosmic xp do you need to evolve a wasp into ...

With bills like a pair of pincers, bee eaters have amazing insect-catching skills. They can anticipate where an insect would ...

New Zealand now has a genuine chance to stamp out one of the most damaging invasive insects to reach our shores: the Asian ...

Although they're a familiar sight in the Northern Shenandoah Valley and beyond, honeybees aren't native to North America.

Bees and wasps are vanishing each winter, or so we thought. Hidden in attics, deep underground, and inside expanding nests, a quiet transformation is underway.

A 40-litre wasp nest has been discovered in a regional town in southern WA. The European wasp is an invasive species and WA is the only state that has been able keep the population at bay. An enormous ...

(CNN) — Contrary to popular depictions of bee nests as large, intricate hives that hang from trees, the majority of bee species — about 90% — are actually solitary and build their nests in the ground ...

A cave in the Dominican Republic concealed thousands of years worth of animal bones that had been turned into nests by prehistoric bees. Scientists believe the hollowed out tooth sockets of fossilized ...