Spring has sprung and you want to clean up the garden. But wait! Leave stalks and leaves alone because they are beneficial ...

RNAi -- functions specifically to silence, or deactivate, genes. Among other applications, it promises to be groundbreaking ...

Hamden starts its curbside brush and leaf pickup March 24, which residents worry will disturb the bees and other pollinators ...

Retired Central Elgin fire chief Don Crocker is busy these days, preparing accommodations for a Spanish queen’s visit to Sparta in April.

I spotted this rook with a very unusual beak in Galway city lately. Despite the unusual shape it seemed very healthy and was ...

Blow flies often get a bad rap for their tendency to cluster on feces and dead animals ... are often mistaken for bees. Hover ...

Named for their distinctive hovering flight, stripey yellow-and-black hover flies (Syrphidae) are often mistaken for bees. Hover flies are potential pollinators of several native plants. The larvae of ...

Wayne Soil and Water Conservation District education specialist Kelly Riley explains the benefits of putting off spring ...

Northumberland Wildlife Trust and the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) are urging North East gardeners to help protect hoverflies, ...

These insects are unsung heroes of many of ecosystems. Hoverflies visit 52% of crops globally which they either pollinate or ...

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) and The Wildlife Trusts are calling on gardeners across the country to help save hoverflies. This fly family is the second most significant pollinator after bees ...

Prince Frederik—the son of Prince Robert of Luxembourg, the first cousin of Grand Duke Henri, the current ruler of Luxembourg—died at the age of 22 in early March after living with PolG ...