Fences usually serve a practical purpose, marking a property line or garden zone. But your fence can do more if it's painted ...

When designing your garden, consider these tips for supporting pollinators all year—not just in spring and summer.

This easy-to-grow native plant spreads easily in most soils and offers blooms that will bring bees, birds, and butterflies to ...

Leaves, hollow stems, bare soil, and fallen branches can all become winter habitat.

Cottage gardens prioritize flowers, so they're automatically also pollinator gardens. This whimsical rose is perfect for ...

Before you rake the leaves or cut back your garden, learn how a few simple fall habits can help bees, butterflies, and other pollinators survive the winter.

Ecologists have long seen a strong connection between biodiversity and pollinators—the butterflies, birds, bats, bees, and other insects that help the flowers they snack on fertilize by transferring ...

Banner image: A bumblebee (Bombus sp.) visiting the flowers of Rocky Mountain goldenrod (Solidago multiradiata). (Credit: Julian Resasco) The next time you go for a hike, take an extra moment to ...

For the past four years, plant biologist Elsa Godtfredsen has trekked to a subalpine meadow in Colorado to study the interactions between wildflowers and bumblebees. The pollinators buzz among fields ...

The honeybee may be the best-known pollinator of plants, but there are thousands of pollinator species, including other bees, butterflies, moths, beetles, flies and even some birds and mammals.

Pollinators are increasingly under threat from human activities and countries must transform their agricultural practices to ensure global crop production can meet demand and avoid substantial ...

For over 60 years, scientists have tried to determine whether plants are pollinated primarily during the day or at night—without reaching a clear conclusion. Now, a major research review from Lund ...