304 Results From "pollinator"

baby birds in a nest
Engineering

Many animals climate-control their homes. Global warming could mess with that.

honey bees swarming
Bees

Temperature tells honey bees what time it is

A lawnmower, which you won't really need for a ground cover lawn, with a shovel and a broom for digging up your grass lawn.
Projects

It’s time to rip up your lawn and replace it with something you won’t need to mow

A stack of pancakes topped with berries and edible flowers, on a white plate atop a white tablecloth.
Projects

7 edible flowers and how to use them

aerial view of ts'msyen forest garden
Agriculture

‘Forest gardens’ planted by Canada’s Indigenous people before the 1800s still benefit ecosystems today

Black and yellow social wasps build a geometric nest.
Bees

Why some bees and wasps are more likely to sting you

The Best Indoor Herb Gardens
Home

The best indoor herb gardens

The Milky Way at night over mountains.
Life Skills

The best ways to reduce light pollution and improve your quality of life

View from inside a catio with white cat on a swing
Projects

Tips to build the safest, most purr-fect catio for your feline overlord

dolphins touching noses
Animals

10 animal sex rituals you need to read about right now

Monarch butterflies
Wildlife

Migrating monarchs are in trouble. Here’s how we can all help them.

milky-way-from-colorado
Space

This Colorado community fought to save its darkness—and all that relies on it to thrive

Asian giant hornet
Animals

Murder hornets are officially here, but don’t freak out yet

smelly sock
Science

What Makes Things Stink?

A yellow fever mosquito discretely sinks its labrum into its prey
Evolution

Evolution made mosquitos into stealthy, sensitive vampires

A blue agave plant
Science

Five burning questions about tequila, answered

a bumble bee
Bees

Humans need bumble bees—and they are disappearing faster than we thought

A red wasp specimen on black background
Insects

The US is running out of wasp venom. That’s bad.

bats flying out of an abandoned gold mine
COVID-19

Why do so many diseases come from bats?

wasps
Agriculture

A healthy wasp microbiome can fend off pesticides