Scientists from South Africa and Brazil have provided empirical evidence that pollen grains of rival plants may compete with ...

Pollination can be a pretty cut-throat process in the plant kingdom. A team of scientists from South Africa and Brazil found that rival plants may compete with one another for space on pollinators.

Hurricane Helene swept across the Southeast, causing major flooding and destruction throughout North Carolina. Here is ongoing coverage from The News & Observer and The Charlotte Observer about ...

The DIY contraptions that animal behavior scientists create range from ingeniously simple to incredibly complex. All of them ...

Aquaculture Uses Far More Wild Fish Than Previously Estimated, Study Finds Oct. 17, 2024 — A study suggests that global fish farming, or aquaculture, may rely on significantly larger quantities ...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Honey bees may play a role in increasing virus levels in wild bumble bees each spring, according to researchers at Penn State who analyzed seasonal trends of parasite and virus ...

ANDERSON — Several years ago, headlines warned of a "bee-pocalypse" as populations of the insect reached record ... food source for pollinators like wild bees and honeybees.

Nonlethal, automated monitoring systems for bees are being developed by the new INSECT NET graduate training program at Penn State for future studies. In the meantime, one of the best ways to support ...

Raichel attributes bees' decline mostly to the use of pesticides known as neonicotinoids, which can attack insects' central nervous systems. The pesticides are, more often than not, painted on to ...

Just like people confronted with a sea of options at the grocery store, bees foraging in meadows encounter many different flowers at once. They must decide which ones to visit for food ...