TPWF’s free Wild Thumb app guides Texans to select, plant and maintain native plants with region-based tips, nursery maps and reminders.

It's the first app developed by Texas Parks & Wildlife, with a focus on boosting struggling pollinator populations.

There are some 20,000 different species of bees here on planet Earth, and of those 20,000 species, one out of every four are at risk of extinction, according to The Bee Conservancy. Why should that ...

A new app from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation helps Texans pick native plants with confidence.

A Jarrell garden restores habitat from former pastureland; discover solitary native bees. What exactly are pollinators? Dr. Sean Griffin from the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center explores the ...

This has been a question I’ve been asked and the point of lengthy discussion for many, many years now. The short answer is both! Why? Because planting biodiversity is the key to growing a healthy ...

HOUSTON — A one-of-a-kind new species of mining bee found in Texas and Oklahoma has researchers buzzing with excitement. The newly discovered species, Andrena androfovea, was documented interacting ...

The term pollinators is broad and includes all animals that transfer pollen, which contains DNA, from one flower to another. The most well-known pollinators are European honeybees, but the term also ...

The United States has an amazing and diverse array of native bees. Across the country live about 4,000 native bee species — most of which are solitary and nest in the ground — coming in nearly every ...