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Bees raising their young in the cavities of fossilized bones: this is precisely the unexpected scene discovered by ...

Portland-born Caitlin Gaul and Amanda Simard first opened Birds & Bees Nursery back in 2012 — turning a high school ...

When Aécio Luiz was younger, finding wild beehives was routine in his rural Afro-Brazilian community of Córrego Narciso. A ...

Australia is baking through another extreme heat wave, with temperatures forecast to reach above 45°C for multiple days in a ...

Bees that once hovered around flowers and wasps that appeared at picnic tables almost vanish overnight. The inevitable ...

During a cool fall sunset in North Dakota, forklifts buzz around the base of a flatbed trailer, loading pallets. Their cargo, multicolored boxes that look like filing cabinets, buzzes, too. Each box ...

Once famous for British icons such as the Gallagher brothers, The Smiths and footballing legends like George Best and Bobby Charlton, there’s now a hot new crowd in Manchester. And instead of rowdy ...

It’s a battle most humans will never witness. The humble bumble bee defending itself against an aggressive and invasive ant population. But even if you don’t see it firsthand, the conflict could have ...