Biodiversity loss is directly threatening human health and welfare, according to new research led by the University of ...

Sydney Oliveira talks to ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander about the importance of pollinators and how we can support them. Pollinators play a vital role in keeping our ecosystems healthy and our food ...

Pollinators have economic and health benefits, but those benefits have been difficult to quantify. A new study puts some ...

If current trends continue, farming income could fall by around 15% by 2030, with vitamin A and folate intake dropping by ...

Bumble bees sustain many of our most nutritious crops, while honey bees underpin food production across the globe.

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, ...

UW scientist Madison Crawford, in the background, studies the rare Laramie chickensage, which can be seen with its distinctive yellow flowerheads in the foreground. (Lusha Tronstad Photo) A rare ...

A wide range of plant species rely on insects for pollination, but the diversity of these insect-pollinated plants have decreased dramatically in recent decades Wild flowers are essential to bees and ...

In fields, forests, and backyard gardens, insects are quietly at work securing ecosystems and global supply chains. Over 75 percent of all flowering plants, including many fruits, vegetables, and nuts ...

Find out why savvy gardeners are stashing plates in garden spaces and how this trick can help wildlife and your plants.

A new study co-led by researchers in the U.S. and China has pushed back the first-known physical evidence of insect flower pollination to 99 million years ago, during the mid-Cretaceous period. The ...

Most legal systems treat insects as property, pests, or simply ignore them. Late last year, two municipalities in the ...