Q: Many insects are visiting my pollinator garden that look like yellow-orange versions of a firefly. Some of the petals are missing on those flowers. How do I keep them from chewing my plants? A: ...

Nature is often described as a battlefield, but for some predators, it is a masquerade ball. While most creatures use ...

Through pollination and feeding on all parts of plants, insects influence which plants thrive, which struggle, and even ...

Using information on alpine plant species, researchers investigated how the chemistry of flowers' scent affects not only the diversity of insect pollinators but also the communities of bacteria living ...

Dried flowers and other plant materials such as grapevine wreaths are a popular way to decorate the home or office. Unfortunately, natural plant products are just that: natural. And as such they can ...

Most people have done it. You see something small and wiggly on a plant, your brain says “bug = bad,” and your hand is ...

BUZZY BEAUTIES? Flowers are famous for attracting little winged things, but a less common sight is when sizable buzzers buzz by a blooming hillside. Like really sizable, the sorts of bugs not seen in ...

Dikes are indispensable for bees, especially if they are home to many different plant and flower species. A large census conducted on 157 dikes along rivers in the Netherlands revealed that more and ...