Insect loss is gradual but devastating. Fewer pollinators, smaller harvests, and fragile ecosystems are already appearing.

Not long ago, a lengthy drive on a hot day wouldn't be complete without scraping bug guts off a windshield. But splattered insects have gone the way of the Chevy Nova - you just don't see them on ...

Spider webs turn the airways of fields and forests into a gauntlet of traps. Once spun, these silken snares lie in wait for insects to blunder into them. But they’re not entirely passive. Victor ...

Insects pollinated the first flower 140M years ago, ... The most likely suspect, researchers say, is a small fly, beetle, perhaps a midge or even an insect long gone from the planet.

In 1950, ornithologists Elizabeth and David Lack were watching birds migrate through a Pyrenean mountain pass on the border between France and Spain when they stumbled across something extraordinary – ...

The researchers did two separate counts. The first one counted the overall number of any kind of pollinator that flew into the rings and landed on at least one flower. Compared to the control ring ...

New type of carnivorous plant found in mountain bogs. False asphodel, a flower that grows in the high-altitude wetlands of western North America, gets much of its nutrients from eating insects.

Here’s a collection of our favorite flowers that will attract beneficial insects to your garden. ... This sweet-smelling plant is like a magnet for bees, butterflies, and other flying friends.

The flowers don’t have a scent, because insects use smell for long-distance navigation and she didn’t want the flowers to be too easily discovered; they aren’t meant as a primary source of food.

In 1950, ornithologists Elizabeth and David Lack were watching birds migrate through a Pyrenean mountain pass on the border between France and Spai ...

The insects flying south from mainland Europe and Britain total tens or hundreds of trillions – of which 17 million travel through this pass, according to our calculation.