When honey bees find a good source of food, they return to their hive and perform a waggle dance. It consists of a series of movements that communicate the direction and distance to nectar, pollen or ...

Can students be on the front lines of conservation? A new Canada-wide study, published in Metabarcoding and Metagenomics, suggests they can. The efforts of some 5,000 students produced data detailed ...

We’re not just hobby beekeepers,” Texas Beekeepers Association President Jimmy Middlebrooks said. “We play a vital role within Texas agriculture.” ...

Originally a woodland edge species nesting in holes in banks and in trees, hence the name, tree bumblebees have taken to town life and will nest in roof spaces and sheds. As with hole nesting birds ...

Once nearly wiped out by overhunting and logging, nest boxes kept wood ducks from vanishing – and volunteers are still putting them up today.

These six birds are often the first signs of spring. Learn which species you’re most likely to see and hear before warmer ...

Blue orchard bee. Photo: Scott Bauer. Minnesota is home to over 500 bee species. Some live in large, social colonies, but most are solitary, with fewer than a dozen bees per nest. People manage a few, ...

If you travel to remote ponds in New Hampshire you may see a small colorful bird that was once threatened with extinction. (via NH Chronicle) ...

I had been saying to myself “It’s time to clean out the bluebird boxes.” Then, with all this warm weather, I saw a pair of bluebirds (scientific name: Sialia mexicana) that were already checking out ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This past Saturday, Feb. 7, it was cold and spitting snow for most of the day. It was a truly monochrome winter day, everything ...