You can help Mother Nature in a battle for survival. Pollinators, which provide one out of every three bites of our food, are ...

What are oak gall wasps? Oaks, especially the native species Quercus robur and Q. petraea are the host plants for more than 70 species of cynipid gall wasp. It is the larval stage of these insects ...

You can help Mother Nature in a battle for survival. Pollinators, which provide one out of every three bites of our food, are struggling. Five butterfly species in the United States have gone ...

Image/News18 A team of researchers from India and Thailand has discovered five new species of the rare Darwin wasps. All the new species belong to a very small subfamily of wasps and mark the ...

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Bees and butterflies mostly disappear, popping up again as spring approaches and ... They can do this at different stages – some might see out the winter as adults, pupae, larvae or even eggs. There ...

For the first time ever, researchers in Europe have spotted an invasive hornet species that is quite large ... as well as other wasps and geckos, the researchers said. The southern giant hornet ...

Species in our ... Helping stem-nesting bees is a project you have to be committed to because it will take at least two years for your stems to become proper bee nurseries. The Tufts Pollinator ...

Bee stings can cause anaphylaxis, a life-threatening allergic reaction. But most stings are not severe and can be treated at home. Look at the area where you were stung, and you should see a red bump.