To stay in the air when hovering over a flower, bumble bees continually flap their wings rapidly, a metabolic process that generates a massive amount of internal heat. Their flight muscles work so ...

As tiny insects, honey bees are consistently underestimated. These little guys are far more complex than most people realize.

Bumble bees may overpower invasive Argentine ants in one-on-one fights, but those victories come at a hidden cost.

A team from the University of Freiburg led by neurobiologist and behavioral biologist Prof. Dr. Andrew Straw studied the ...

The personal backstory to 20 of the most exciting research projects that the author has been part of during his 50 years of ...