Flies, beetles, and moths, help to decompose dead animals. Dung beetles are critical for the decomposition of animal feces. Insects ... example, the mason bees (~ 130 species in North America ...

The vast majority of plants depend on animals to transfer the pollen for them. 'Insect-pollinated' includes plants which are pollinated by birds and other small animals. Bees are facing many ...

Some people -- and animals -- will go to any ... utilize deception in order to be get pollinated: Over time, they have evolved elaborate ruses to lure insects. Generally we think of flowers ...

For those thinking ahead to spring gardening, a biologist explains what to focus on when designing a garden with pollinators ...

Crops that depend wholly or partly on animal pollinators (for example many fruits, nuts and pulses) contain more than 90 per cent of the vitamin C in our diet as well as nutritionally important ...

Butterflies and moths belong to a diverse group of insects known ... plants that few others can. Example: The yucca moth and ...

The results of cowslip observations carried out with the help of citizen scientists from 32 countries in over 5,200 locations shed light on the well-being of insect-pollinated plants under changing ...

Robotic insects modeled after bees are set to revolutionize pollination, boosting crop yields and transforming agriculture.

Move over bees, MIT researchers have developed a robot insect for artificial pollination to underpin an entirely indoor farm ...

Narrator: Bees might not be your favorite insects out there ... that we do eat and we depend on that are wind-pollinated, including, for example, wheats. More from Science ...