Most gardeners reach for flowers first when they want to help bees and butterflies. That’s not a bad instinct, but trees tend ...

Ever feel like your garden is missing something? Maybe you've noticed the same flowers in every yard and want to try something new. Using less common plants can help support a wider range of bees, ...

Pollinators—bees, butterflies, bats, birds, wasps, moths, beetles, flies, and other insects and mammals—are essential for our survival. Three-quarters of flowering plants and 35 percent of food crops ...

Facing both climate change and a crashing pollinator population, plants may be evolving to attract pollinators rather than ...

Turning your backyard into a haven for bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds is rewarding – offer them nectar-rich blooms and they'll help establish a healthy ecosystem in return. But not all ...

When most people think pollinators what comes to mind is typically bees, and while they are one the most crucial pollinating species, there are also other beneficial creatures that play an important ...

When pollinators visit flowers, they produce a variety of characteristic sounds, from wing flapping during hovering, to landing and takeoff. However, these sounds are extremely small compared to other ...

In 2007, the U.S. Senate designated a week in June as National Pollinator Week to increase the general public’s awareness of ...

Hummingbird pollination helped pineapples and other bromeliads evolve into one of the world's most diverse plant families.

For the past four years, plant biologist Elsa Godtfredsen has trekked to a subalpine meadow in Colorado to study the interactions between wildflowers and bumblebees. The pollinators buzz among fields ...

Increasing urbanization worldwide is a growing threat to biodiversity. At the same time, flowering plants are often more diverse in cities than in the countryside. This is due to flowering plants and ...