Q: Many insects are visiting my pollinator garden that look like yellow-orange versions of a firefly. Some of the petals are missing on those flowers. How do I keep them from chewing my plants? A: ...

Using a mobile stamen to slap away insect visitors maximizes pollination and minimizes costs to flowers, a study shows. For centuries scientists have observed that when a visiting insect's tongue ...

Researchers from Aarhus University, Denmark, have discovered that insects leave tiny DNA traces on the flowers they visit. This newly developed eDNA method holds a vast potential for documenting ...

Q. I know I’m probably a little overprotective, but several flowers have fallen off my three tomato plants. Is it an insect that clips them off without eating them? If so, I want to know how to kill ...

The fall harvest has begun, and winter wheat will soon be planted. At the same time, tiny black bugs are moving into backyard gardens and landscapes. These often unnoticed fall invaders make their ...

Los Amigos Biological Station sits within the Peruvian Amazon—one of the planet’s richest hotspots for life. Countless species fly, scurry, climb and burrow through the surrounding rainforest. To be ...

New research shows why glossy flower petals are rare, showing how bright reflections attract bees from afar but blur vital ...

Deception is everywhere in nature. Animals and plants routinely cheat, lie and manipulate for their own benefit. One example ...

For centuries scientists have observed that when a visiting insect's tongue touches the nectar-producing parts of certain flowers, the pollen-containing stamen snaps forward. The new study proves that ...