A wildflower field of tidy tips with sages and a flowering blue elderberry in the background at the Round’s Hill garden, part of this year’s Growing Natives Garden Tour. Courtesy photo. Gardeners and ...

"The birds and the bees" may be a euphemism for human reproduction, but procreation of actual winged animals is far wilder. This hour, TED speakers explore how birds, bees and bugs multiply. Guests ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS — This is a story about the birds and the bees. But before one’s mind sinks to the obvious, it’s also about butterflies and beetles and the plants they pollinate, too. The story ...

The birds and the bees both do it. That is, they team up to protect and pollinate coffee bean plants. Without the duo, as researchers recently found, coffee plants would be far less successful. In ...

A groundbreaking study reveals that without birds and bees working together, some traveling thousands of miles, coffee farmers would see a whopping 25% drop in crop yields. Coffee is bigger and more ...

Many people get apprehensive at the sight of bees, for fear of getting stung. I usually make a beeline out of the area. Actually, I don’t fully understand what all the buzz is about. Bees play an ...

Adrian Dyer previously received funding from The Australian Research Council. Klaus Lunau previously received funding from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. For flowering plants, reproduction is a ...