Wildlife conservation is critical to sustaining the planet's biodiversity and health. But putting together a conservation ...

The latest review article from the Interdisciplinary Center for Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR) in Portugal opens ...

Researchers from the University of Florence and University of Pisa conducted an experiment demonstrating that managed ...

The giant honeybees compose an ancient subgenus (Megapis) with several forms in Asia. The lowland form, Apis dorsataFabricius, 1793, is widespread from Pakistan to eastern Indonesia, with geographic ...

Social behavior in insects, kin recognition system of honey bees, nest defense in honey bees, and social biology of the giant tropical ant. Kin recognition studies are designed to examine the various ...

Pesticides, widely used to protect crops from pests, often unintentionally harm pollinators like bumble bees. A new study, published in BMC Biology, has investigated the effects of three common ...

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So, whether a bee has a short or longer proboscis ... a professor in the Department of Biology, contributed to this study. The authors declare no conflicts of interest. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert ...

Would bees that communicated similarly yield more ... The findings were recently published in Current Biology. "Although the waggle dance itself is fascinating, my lab has additionally been ...

Flower shape and size impact urban bee survival. Discover how planting diverse blooms can support wild bee populations.