Smithsonian Gardeners created a beautiful overwintering habitat for bugs in the Ripley Garden. Inspiration from Flora Grubb Gardens Everyone needs a warm place to snuggle up for winter. That includes ...

Tattoo Jep hornets: almost half the world’s insects could face habitat loss. (Courtesy: Kalamazadkhan CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons) Habitat loss may soon mean half the world’s insects, and many ...

When it comes to research on habitats for pollinating insects, villages have so far received relatively little attention. The ...

A solar-pollinator habitat, dominated by purple prairie clover and black-eyed susan flowering plants. Bumblebees buzz from flower to flower, stopping for a moment under a clear blue Minnesota sky.

Q: I was reading that worldwide insect populations are declining at an alarming rate and that 40% of insect species face extinction in the next 10 to 15 years. Use of pesticides and climate change are ...

According to a new study by the University of Würzburg, Bavarian meadows are the most monotonous insect habitats. Surprisingly, fields and settlements often offer more diversity than grassland.

Gardeners encounter many insects in their fruit or vegetable gardens and landscapes, only a few of which are harmful. Many insects actually help us, including three large groups -- the pollinators, ...

Many tropical insects are already close to their heat tolerance limits, raising concerns that rising temperatures could ...

I remember when people casually referred to all striped invertebrates as “bees,” when all insects were “bugs” and any such thing that buzzed in their vicinity required hosing with lethal poison. Some ...