Extreme Texas weather and harsh climate are key factors driving a shocking 66% decline in commercial bee colonies since June ...

Want to help the bees? This Texas gardening guide explains how to plant a pollinator-friendly garden with native plants.

Discover where to find fireflies in Texas and learn how to protect these glowing beetles with tips from experts.

The Smith County Master Gardeners’ 2025 Library Lecture Series continues this month with a timely topic that ties beauty and ...

Extreme weather events like the heatwaves and cold snaps in Texas add to the disruption of available nutritious food resources for honey bees and other native pollinators. These multiple factors ...

Doug Tallamy, PhD, professor of agriculture at the University of Delaware and founder of Homegrown National Park Native ...

With Earth Day being celebrated April 22 every year and Arbor Day being commemorated the last Friday of April, now is a good ...

I recently went looking for one of the rarest of Texas’s rare plants in what seemed ... also attracts nectar-seeking butterflies and native bees. Thriving in well-drained soil with sun or ...

Ryan Ross skipped school to burn down the countryside. On that first afternoon, the 19-year-old Mount Vernon (Texas) senior ...

“It impacts everyone’s food security,” entomologist Dr. Juliana Rangel from Texas A&M University told The Independent. “Fruits and vegetables are pollinated by bees, and we love our fruits ...