Bees rely on sunlight and polarized light to navigate, making nighttime flight dangerous and often impossible for honey bees.

Being outside in Indiana this time of year is usually fine — unless you're swatting away buzzing insects. More than likely, you don't need to be alarmed by what's buzzing around, especially if you're ...

Many plants, animals and insects are moving to higher elevations to escape the effects of a warming climate, but a strategy that is useful today may threaten their long-term future. Researchers at the ...

Sweat bees navigate through dark tropical forests guided by canopy patterns. People -- who get lost easily in the extraordinary darkness of a tropical forest -- have much to learn from a bee that can ...

Rising temperatures could help some northern-latitude bees fly better, but more frequent extreme weather events could push them past their limits. Rising temperatures could help some northern-latitude ...

Summer is the season for flies, which belong to an insect group that scientists call Diptera. Many fly species are more ...

Bumblebees can process the duration of flashes of light and use the information to decide where to look for food, a new study has found. This is the first evidence of such an ability in insects, ...

The crucial role bees play in sustaining life on Earth is well understood, but there are some other animals doing more than their share of heavy lifting when it comes to pollinating plant life and ...

Nature’s most dazzling colors can be strangely rare. Walk through a park or forest and you see greens, yellows and reds that ...