Sometimes, an insect that seems to be a common one can hide an extraordinary story. This was what happened when a scientist ...

As tiny insects, honey bees are consistently underestimated. These little guys are far more complex than most people realize.

Honey bees follow personal and highly precise flight routes using landmarks and memory, according to new research.

Brooklyn’s pedestrian plazas will be quite literally buzzing with activity this spring as the city expands The Pollinator Port Project, a program to offer refuge to local bees and other pollinators.

Bumble bees may overpower invasive Argentine ants in one-on-one fights, but those victories come at a hidden cost.

Insects are the primary pollinators of most flowers and crops. Niklas_Weidner/500px via Getty Images Rachel Mallinger: A lot of different insects pollinate. Insects visit flowers for many purposes, ...

Scientists report they can crank up insect aggression simply by interfering with a basic metabolic pathway in the insect brain. Their study, of fruit flies and honey bees, shows a direct, causal link ...

Honey bees aren’t the only insects that pollinate crops, but we often overlook or lump together all other, non-bee pollinators – flies, beetles, moths, butterflies, wasps, ants, birds, and bats, just ...