Deception is everywhere in nature. Animals and plants routinely cheat, lie and manipulate for their own benefit. One example ...

Left: Bee-mimicking hoverfly (Eristalis intricarius) on a purple flower. Right: bumblebee, also on purple flower. L: Peter ...

Imagine the tiny bumblebee learning a kind of Morse code, a system built from short and long flashes or beeps. That idea ...

Debate over the location of the airfield and the impact of flying activities on the park’s biological resources has been ongoing for years.

Hoverflies, often mistaken for bees and wasps, pollinate three quarters of our crops. Now we’re discovering we can train them ...

Starting a colony is a dangerous enterprise - so some ants find creative and brutal techniques to take over other queens’ ...

From hot debuts like The Abadons to the highly awaited final season of Stranger Things, these are the best shows coming to ...

Inside is an enormous, spherical room, which is four times the size of Sareng’s cabin. There is no wood on the walls, and the color is black like the deepest abyss. One probable reason could be that ...

It’s important this holiday season to be thankful for the blessings around you. Be it family or friends, food or foliage, there is plenty of beauty in this world. All one has to do is open their eyes.

While not often visible, bees are amazing communicators! Read here to learn about why they twerk to communicate, and other ...

A horned native bee dubbed Megachile lucifer has been discovered in Western Australia’s Goldfields. Identified while surveying a rare wildflower, the species stood out with its unusual “devilish” ...

Elena Kirschner is a longtime Flagstaff resident who has been making natural wreaths for over 35 years. Starting out as a ...