Tag: pollinators
Easter bunnies, cacao beans and pollinating bugs: A basket of 6...
Maggie Villiger, The Conversation
Tens of millions of chocolate bunnies get sold in the U.S. every Easter. Here are...
How do you vaccinate a honeybee? 6 questions answered about a...
Jennie L. Durant, University of California, Davis
Honeybees, which pollinate one-third of the crops Americans eat, face many threats,...
Bees face many challenges – and climate change is ratcheting up...
Jennie L. Durant, University of California, Davis
The extreme weather that has battered much of the U.S. in 2022...
Do humans really need other species?
Tom Langen, Clarkson University
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If...
From watering via ice cubes to spritzing with hydrogen peroxide –...
Nick Goltz, University of Connecticut
The internet is full of advice on just about everything, including plant care.
Monarch butterflies join the Red List of endangered species, thanks to...
Kristen A. Baum, Oklahoma State University
On July 21, 2022, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature placed...
Achoo! 5 essential reads for pollen season
Jennifer Weeks, The Conversation
As spring expands across North America, trees, shrubs and flowers are releasing pollen. This fine,...
Planting mixes of flowers around farm fields helps keep bees healthy
Hamutahl Cohen, University of Florida
It’s springtime in California, and bees are emerging to feast on flowering fields –...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
