For example, the Australian hammer orchid has taken advantage of a mating ritual of the Thynnid wasp, which involves a female wasp waiting on top of a branch or plant for a male to spot her.

But here's where things get weird – honey bee eggs can become baby bees even without a male's chromosomal contribution. The ...

After days of searching, wildlife experts found a single live female, which they photographed and filmed. Known as Wallace's giant bee, the insect ... to be down to one male.

Bumble bees live in colonies with a few hundred insects that include a queen, female workers, and male bees (called drones).

In the course of her lifetime, a worker bee will produce 1/12th of a teaspoon ... bees inadvertently transfer pollen from the male to the female components of flowers. Each year, bees pollinate ...

In the midst of these fruitless exertions, the bee jostles the orchid's column (a structure that houses both the male and female sexual organs), and two yellow sacs packed with pollen (called the ...

Before long, they start releasing a pheromone mimic, and now they smell like a female bee too. A male bee lands on what he thinks is a mate, and the blister pack clings to him en masse.

queen bee syndrome describes a woman in a position of authority in a male-dominated environment who treats subordinates more critically if they are female. Prof Dame Sally Davies, England's first ...

The invasive Joro spider has been spotted in Pennsylvania as it continues to spread in the U.S. The giant species was first ...

Tony Tulathimutte, a master comedian, has produced an audacious, original and highly disturbing book that steers directly ...

Despite the elaborate deception, bee orchids also engage in self-pollination, transferring pollen from the male to the female parts of the same plant. The late spider orchid however is pollinated ...

National Honey Month is here and it's time to talk bees. Palm Beach County is home to 24,000 managed hives. Here's why that's ...