Now is the time to plan next year’s garden with butterflies and moths in mind. Though less efficient pollinators than bees, ...

Beaver-created wetlands host more hoverflies and butterflies than other ponds, proving that nature’s own builders can restore ...

In spring, the nearby bayside meadow is covered with beach plum blossoms. It looks like snow. The white fields fade, and a ...

Lepidoptera, as they are known to scientists, are familiar creatures that are not only welcome guests in many gardens, they are also essential to certain flowering species' survival.

When a 10-year-old beekeeper in California learned his hives broke the law, he rallied support from his community to change it.

Research found that beaver-created wetlands showed a 29% increase in hoverfly species, 119% more hoverfly individuals and 45% more butterflies than those that were artificially created.

Bees usually spend a lot of time flying from flower so you would never expect them to nest in the ground. Here are 6 types ...

Honey bees are incredibly social insects. They live together in big groups with other bees in an organized society that ...

Hover flies have one set of wings and no stinger. If you've been outside lately, chances are you've seen them — small flying insects that resemble sweat bees. In fact, you may have actually called ...

Past Flying Pig Marathon champion Anne Flower has still got it! The 35-year-old recently won the women's division in the Race Across the Sky 100-mile race in Leadville, Colorado, in a course-record ...

Adult honeybees often carry viruses without any obvious signs, yet new research shows those infections are not harmless. A recent study reports that one common virus slows flight while another speeds ...