Charles Darwin proposed a simple explanation. He believed bees chose the same flowers again and again because switching would ...

Bees are interesting creatures who are vital to our ecosystem. They are responsible for pollinating 80% of all flowering ...

Commercial beekeepers have reported losing around 62% of their colonies over the winter, far higher than the usual honey bee ...

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Hummingbirds are experts at using tailwinds to help reach their destination faster. Research suggests that a hummingbird can travel as much as 23 miles in one day. For a bird that tiny, that’s quite ...

Albums from Elton John, Tracy Chapman, Mary J. Blige and the cast of “Hamilton” are among the new inductees to the National ...

In an era of social-media saturation and over-tourism, Slovenia – with its Alpine peaks and crystal lakes making for ...

In the 1770s, the Royal Society in London was the premier scientific institution in the world, and the eighteenth century was ...

I make no apology for dedicating one of my Nature Diaries to big, black beetles. They have been a source of fascination since ...

Aphid-cast skins can easily be mistaken for whitefly, but whitefly will quickly flutter up and fly away when disturbed ... causing leaves to yellow, shrivel, and drop prematurely. If the numbers of ...