Heavy rains have brought much-needed moisture, and with the rains come the insects. In my garden, potatoes have white flies.

Home gardeners often wonder how their choices in the backyard can truly make a difference for bees, butterflies, and other pollinators. A virtual class led by Matthew Shepherd focuses on translating ...

Scientists have discovered that flowering plants growing in farmland are increasingly doing without insect pollinators. As reproduction becomes more difficult for them in an environment depleted in ...

Native plants and insects evolved together making them the best match for each other. Nativar flowers often have reduced ...

A quiet revolution has started in neighborhoods across the country, and it has nothing to do with new paint colors or fancy ...

Pollinators like bees and butterflies are vanishing across the world due to toxic pesticides and habitat loss, threatening ecosystems and global food security. Over 87% of flowering plants rely on ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—A Mississippi State turfgrass specialist is teaming up with scientists from Auburn University and the University of Georgia to advance Refuge Lawn, a project promoting ...

In fields, forests, and backyard gardens, insects are quietly at work securing ecosystems and global supply chains. Over 75 percent of all flowering plants, including many fruits, vegetables, and nuts ...

Insects play an important role in the world’s food production. Roughly 70 percent of all crop species, including apples, strawberries and cocoa, depend on them for pollination. Insects rely on a ...

Insect pollination is a decisive process for the survival and evolution of angiosperm (flowering) plants and, to a lesser extent, gymnosperms (without visible flower or fruit). There is a growing ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) — The Green Bay Botanical Garden is offering pollinator kits to help residents create habitats for ...