Orchid bees, which help pollinate species from at least 30 plant families and play a big role in Brazil’s agriculture, have long been under threat from land-use change. Data from 1996-1997 from the ...

LAWRENCE — A survey of orchid bees in the Brazilian Amazon state of Rondônia, carried out in the 1990s, is shedding new light the impact of deforestation on the scent-collecting pollinators, which ...

The reason why male bees collect scents in pockets on their hind legs remained a mystery for a long time. As an attractant? As a wedding gift? To show off to other males? Researchers have now figured ...

Pollinator Week is coming up, a whole week to celebrate the pollinators of the world. Pollinators such as bees, butterflies, bats, moths, and birds are all essential in protecting the environment.