Being susceptible to visual illusions is part and parcel of life not just for humans, but many other species – including bees.
These innocent insects have done little to deserve our scorn. In fact, they have surprisingly complex minds, and can play important ecological roles.
The surprising frequency of bees on coins through history shows the enduring importance to human societies of our buzzing companions.
Publicly-available data on social media opens an avenue for studying the environment with “incidental citizen science”.
From New York to Tokyo, Melbourne to Venice – honeybee hives have revealed the unique genetic signatures of cities, even providing insights into human health.
Bee farmers discard propolis, and harvest only the honey from hives for commercial purposes, wasting its potent medicinal value. New research is changing that.
Women have been fighting poverty pay, long hours and unsafe working conditions long before COVID-19 hit.
Bees are the most important pollinator of food crops, and the honey they produce is the only insect-derived natural product with industrial, nutritional and therapeutic values.
Drawing on a passion that runs through his family, Dr Sandro Demaio returns to Australia to improve people’s wellbeing – starting in the kitchen.
Eco solutions may hold the answer to controlling the spread of the mosquito-borne virus in Malaysia.
A new global register will help countries in the ongoing fight against invasive species.
Anyone for rotten shark? Fried tarantula? When it comes to food choices, one person's disgusting is another's delicacy.
Ants aren't particularly clever, but they could teach us a thing or two about how to work together towards a common goal.
It's not evil, but we do need to adopt different habits and think about reusable alternatives to many single-use plastic products.
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