If evolutionary biologists are the detectives of the natural world’s past mysteries, then the phylogenic tree is their version of a cork board of crime-scene suspects linked together with red string ...

In a novel test of insect intel, researchers observed that bumblebees, which had spied on a worker bee from another colony feasting on unusual flowers, later tended to visit flowers of the same color.

Plants can maximize their chances of reproduction by taking advantage of how insects move between flowers when they track down nectar, a study suggests. Plants can maximize their chances of ...

A rare South African plant produces a fluid and scent that mimic honeybee blood to entice scavenging jackal flies to pollinate its flowers. Jackal flies from the genus Desmometopa ordinarily feed on ...

After scientists accidentally discovered that the common eastern bumblebee can withstand flood conditions, they wanted to ...

“Aerodynamically, the bumblebee shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn’t know it, so it goes on flying anyway.” This quote is often credited to marketing guru Mary Kay of cosmetics fame, ...