294 Results From "pollinator"

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Endangered Species

Macro portraits reveal the glamor and peril of endangered insects

By Lauren J. Young

Paleontologist with a laser scanner over plant imprints and other fossils in a seabed in British Columbia, Canada
Animals

These weird marine critters paved the way for the ‘Cambrian explosion’ of species

By Kate Baggaley

Banana butterfly on person's brown ponytail at butterfly house in Frankfurt, Germany
Insects

If you have a serious fear of bugs, a butterfly house might change your tune

By Sara Kiley Watson

Asian honeysuckle
Conservation

Scientists are disagreeing on the effects of invasive species

By Asher Elbein/Undark

A carpenter bee on a white flower. If you're trying to figure out how to get rid of carpenter bees, it's best not to kill these crucial pollinators.
Bees

Easy ways to stop carpenter bees from remodeling your home

By Julia Rittenberg

A winged insect fossil in rock is about 300 million years old, a fossil example of an early animal to take flight.
Evolution

When insects got wings, evolution really took off

By Ben Guarino

Map of vulnerable species in the United States.
Endangered Species

Here’s where biodiversity is disappearing the quickest in the US

By Sara Kiley Watson

4 reasons to let your lawn grow wild
Sustainability

4 reasons to let your lawn grow wild

By Angely Mercado

How hunting deer became a battle cry in conservation
Wildlife

How hunting deer became a battle cry in conservation

By Brian Payton / Hakai Magazine

Pesticides might be worse for bees than we thought
Bees

Pesticides might be worse for bees than we thought

By Ula Chrobak

Museum collections tag for Indigenous seeds from the University of Michigan
Agriculture

Indigenous farmers are ‘rematriating’ centuries-old seeds to plant a movement

By Kalen Goodluck

Meet the world’s newest carnivorous plant
Environment

Meet the world’s newest carnivorous plant

By Kate Baggaley

A bumble bee drinks nectar from a purple cone flower.
Bees

City gardens are abuzz with imperiled native bees

By Lauren Leffer

bees-drinking-nectar-from-feeder
Bees

5 ways to keep bees buzzing that don’t require a hive

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

Bees feel pain
Insects

If insects feel pain, should we reconsider how we experiment on them?

By Katarina Zimmer / Undark

A tiger swallowtail butterfly puddling and drinking water in a muddy area.
Projects

Butterflies drink more than nectar—here’s how to turn your yard into an oasis

By Kristine Nemec

wasp eating bug
Bees

Wasps are the bee’s knees

By Philip Kiefer

Devil's tooth fungus in the Pine Barrens, NJ
Animals

9 creatures that have made spookiness their brand

By Elana Spivack

Cotton plants on a regenerative farming plot against the blue sky
Agriculture

If you want sustainable clothes, focus on the farms

By Sara Kiley Watson

Natural produced carbon declining rates from 1750 to 2010 with climate change
Climate Change

Not convinced that humans are causing climate change? Here are the facts.

By Neel Dhanesha

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two young eagles in a nest
Birds

Jackie and Shadow’s chicks’ genders revealed: It’s a boy…and a girl!

By Popular Science Team

Aluminum 120-sided die next to blocks featuring various element names
Science

Giant 120-sided ‘Dungeons and Dragons’ dice highlights every element

By Andrew Paul

Woman's face, extreme close up
Health

Can stimulating the sense of smell be beneficial for the brain?

By Coline Zigrand, Benoît Jobin / The Conversation

Two photos showing angles of cracked medieval ceramic vessel likely used for alchemy research
Archaeology

Odd-shaped vessel hints at alchemy in medieval German castle

By Andrew Paul