On Aug. 18, I was slowly cruising an Ottawa County rural lane bordering Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge encompasses about 7,000 acres along the shore of Lake Erie, east of Toledo. Birds ...

A caterpillar of the evening primrose moth (Schinia florida) devouring a flower bud of common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis). These moths exclusively feed on the flowers and fruits of evening ...

When people think about moths, they may initially consider them as a pest. But there are actually more than 100,000 different kinds of moth, and they are an excellent pollinator, flying from flower to ...

Byproducts of car exhaust disrupt pollination by degrading the floral scents that insects use to track down their favorite plants, according to new research. By Lauren Leffer Published Feb 8, 2024 ...

When darkness falls and you are sleeping, there is still lots of activity going on in your garden. Night-time pollinators are hard at work going from plant to plant doing valuable work, and they could ...

Air pollution is making it hard for some Washington state flowers to get pollinated, according to a new study in the journal Science. Exhaust from cars and smokestacks can alter the fragrances that ...