On a spring morning walk, I stop to smell a painted trillium and am greeted by a goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia).

Summertime means a few things — your kids are home from school, you spend more time in a swimsuit than in jeans and popsicles ...

Just before the legendary hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan is set to launch its final tour at CFB Bank Arena on Friday, Akio Evans’ Baltimore Wu Bird design has returned to the spotlight.

The network of nature lovers is as deep and wide as the mycorrhizal webs of fungi that communicates within the soil under our ...

There’s an innocence in June’s dawns. A sweetness to its sunsets. Early morning mists lie soft and still in the valleys, as ...

After two traumatic moments, the Oviedo studio The Artistic Hand lives on thanks to an adoptive family of artists.

With about 600 different species of bees in Washington, you would think it would be easy to spot one. But that black and yellow insect you see quickly darting from flower to flower could just as easil ...

If you’re allergic, always carry an epi-pen. Yellow jackets have stripes that often cause them to be confused with honey bees, although bees tend to be rounder in appearance. Unlike bees ...

A virus spread by mites is responsible for the death of 60-70% of commercially managed bee colonies in the U.S. The varroa mite, resistant to common miticides, carries the deadly virus.

Over the years, the NYT has introduced several beloved games, including the Mini Crossword in 2014, followed by Spelling Bee, ...