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 ...

The global decline of honey bees and other pollinating insects is caused by multiple, largely human-induced effects, according to a new study. Over the past decade, scientists have been reporting ...

Scientists at the CNRS and the University of Montpellier have discovered that flowering plants growing in farmland are increasingly doing without insect pollinators. As reproduction becomes more ...

Bees and butterflies help produce our food by pollinating the crops farmers grow. In fact, 35% of the world's food crops, including fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds, depend on pollinators. But ...

A wide range of plant species rely on insects for pollination, but the diversity of these insect-pollinated plants have decreased dramatically in recent decades Wild flowers are essential to bees and ...

In fields, forests, and backyard gardens, insects are quietly at work securing ecosystems and global supply chains. Over 75 percent of all flowering plants, including many fruits, vegetables, and nuts ...

Linda Schreiber takes over the garden column and starts with a piece on pollinators.

Reduced oxygen levels and air pressure at higher elevations may limit insects' ability to move upslope to escape a warming ...

Insects play an important role in the world’s food production. Roughly 70 percent of all crop species, including apples, strawberries and cocoa, depend on them for pollination. Insects rely on a ...

This week, citizen scientists throughout the southeast region will take 15 minutes to help make a headcount of the buzzing, scuttling little critters that help our flowers bloom and gardens grow. The ...

Got bugs? That was the question citizen-scientists wanted to answer over the weekend as the Great Southeast Pollinator Census ...