Birds come in a wide variety of colors. Some feature relatively dull plumage, while others sport brightly colored feathers.

“There are natural things out there that bees are interacting with that can be beneficial for them,” Giacomini says. And by making changes to the landscape, scientists hope we can help give ...

Experts encourage simple changes such as planting native pollinator gardens and mowing less frequently to help fragile bee and insect populations bounce back this summer.

Ah, the beloved honeybee. They’re fuzzy and social. They make honey and beeswax. Children draw them and backyard beekeepers ...

Researchers have produced what is probably the most comprehensive list of bee species in Connecticut, noting 388 of them so ...

The species list of Colombian orchid bees (Bonilla-Gómez & Nates-Parra 1992) suggests that, if data on local faunas were available for this country, they might have acted as a link between southern ...

The Native Bees Society turned locals into citizen scientists to help them create an exciting new bee atlas — the first of ...

Spelling bees are a century-old tradition. What’s now known as the Scripps National Spelling Bee was spearheaded by The Courier Journal 100 years ago.

A proposal to list the tiny Fish Lake Valley tui chub as an endangered species was issued Wednesday by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, kicking off a 60-day public comment period. It marks the ...

Credit: Mark Bowen/Scripps National Spelling Bee In his role as a word panelist, Cahill coordinates the list of words used in the national competition. He has been working with a team for months, ...

Scientists found a hibernating creature with “sharp” claws on a mountain in Vietnam and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Bragin et al. (2025) As temperatures dropped on a ...