The insects are the Bethany Beach firefly, Franklin’s bumblebee, Gulf Coast solitary bee and Mojave poppy bee, a solitary and specialist pollinator that depends on a plant species called the Las Vegas ...

The species has vanished altogether from six states. We petitioned to protect the Southern Plains bumblebee as an endangered species in 2022. The tiny Mojave poppy bee is only known to live in seven ...

One out of every three mouthfuls of our food depends on pollinators such as bees. Crops that depend on pollination are five times more valuable than those that do not. Social bees, such as honeybees ...

Bees also have good memories and dance-based ... All of this with a brain the size of a poppy seed. Ants have practical skills and are top tier when it comes to teamwork. Some species keep aphids ...