The 60 th anniversary of the federal Highway Beautification Act, the crowning achievement of Lady Bird Johnson, will be commemorated later this year. Although its lasting political outcome was to ...

A solar-pollinator habitat, dominated by purple prairie clover and black-eyed susan flowering plants. Credit: Argonne National Laboratory/Lee Walston A solar-pollinator habitat, dominated by purple ...

Insects are the most diverse group of organisms in the world. They also play a vital role in the functioning of all of the earth’s ecosystems. In fact, there are more than 900,000 different species of ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Photo: Emily Dobbs, a University of Kentucky graduate student in entomology, evaluates a planting of perennial wildflowers located at University of Kentucky's AJ Powell Turf Research Facility that ...

I was heartened to read Grace Nichols' letter about Albany County's newly adopted pollinator--friendly resolution ("Pollinators ensure a healthier planet," May 30). With insect populations facing an ...

Bumblebees buzz from flower to flower, stopping for a moment under a clear blue Minnesota sky. Birds chirp, and tall grasses blow in the breeze. This isn’t a scene from a pristine nature preserve or ...