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, ...

Pollinators like bees and butterflies are vanishing across the world due to toxic pesticides and habitat loss, threatening ...

Many plants, from crops to carnations, cannot bear fruit or reproduce without bees, beetles, butterflies and other insects to pollinate them. But the population of insect pollinators is dropping in ...

Pollinators have economic and health benefits, but those benefits have been difficult to quantify. A new study puts some numbers to how important pollinators are for both nutrition and income.

For a while, that decline seemed distant — a problem for wild meadows, forests, and faraway ecosystems. But the fallout is ...

A first-of-its-kind study is paving the way for how Colorado cares for its tiniest residents: pollinators. From species like the minute Metallic Green Bee to the larger White-lined Sphinx Moth, ...

America's bees and beekeepers are losing a valuable ally just when they need its help most. The U.S. Department of ...

Don’t forget to plant for nectar, the food reward that entices animals to provide the service of fertilizing plants.

Some homeowners are replacing backyard grass with pollinator gardens, and neighbors say the increase in bees is making ...

Insect pollination is a decisive process for the survival and evolution of angiosperm (flowering) plants and, to a lesser extent, gymnosperms (without visible flower or fruit). There is a growing ...

Firefighters Rush to Save 25 Million Honey Bees From Heat Inside Overheated Tractor-Trailer ...