One commenter said the species had "come here as an invasive species in the mid-19th century." ...

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Biologists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute investigated a flexible social bee species, which helps shed light on the evolution of more complex organizational structures among other inse ...

For more than 60 years, evolutionary biologists have debated whether a unique genetic system found in ants, bees and wasps ...

Anyone who has watched a large, heavy-bodied bee moving slowly from flower to flower on a hot day has seen an insect working far harder than it looks. New research suggests these bigger bees are now ...

If you've spent time outdoors, chances are you've had a run-in with mosquitos or other biting insects. Beyond being seasonal nuisances, bug bites can cause intense itching, local inflammation ...

Inside an ant colony, queens reproduce while workers care for young and maintain a society built around shared labor. For ...

Alaska is home to more than a hundred species of native bees, from familiar bumblebees to tiny solitary bees that nest in the ground or in hollow stems. These insects pollinate wi ...

If you’ve noticed some large bees hovering around your backyard wooden deck or window frames, they may be carpenter bees. While we appreciate bees that act as pollinators in our gardens, these bees ...

You don’t have to squint very hard to see the uncanny resemblance that some orchid varieties bear to babies, doves, bees and ...

Museum collections become permanent records of biodiversity, allowing future scientists to study species that may one day ...

UAF’s Museum of the North is home to a collection of insects that aims to someday include every insect found in Alaska. So ...