Pexels Somewhere between the vegetable patch and the flower border, there’s a small crisis unfolding. The insects that keep ...

A garden can do more than look pretty—it can work like a living support system for bees, butterflies, and beneficial insects.

Bug zappers have long been touted as one of the most effective and affordable forms of pest control. In reality, most of them ...

10 of the best plants to attract pollinating insects to your garden - We can all do our bit to help support Insect Week.

STARKVILLE, Miss.—A Mississippi State turfgrass specialist is teaming up with scientists from Auburn University and the University of Georgia to advance Refuge Lawn, a project promoting ...

Protect bees, butterflies, birds, and other pollinators by avoiding these practices.

Scientists have discovered that flowering plants growing in farmland are increasingly doing without insect pollinators. As reproduction becomes more difficult for them in an environment depleted in ...

In fields, forests, and backyard gardens, insects are quietly at work securing ecosystems and global supply chains. Over 75 percent of all flowering plants, including many fruits, vegetables, and nuts ...

Insect pollination is a decisive process for the survival and evolution of angiosperm (flowering) plants and, to a lesser extent, gymnosperms (without visible flower or fruit). There is a growing ...

The next time you stop to smell the flowers, remember they're not producing those fragrances for you. This week Carol Barany ...

Pollinators like bees and butterflies are vanishing across the world due to toxic pesticides and habitat loss, threatening ecosystems and global food security. Over 87% of flowering plants rely on ...