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The one thing that comes to mind when I find out that Maine has it's own official state insect, is "How cute is that?" ...

It's that time of year when mango trees start to get their flowers. But does a thick bloom mean Miami's mango season will ...

Despite the team’s improvements, the robotic insects still cannot match the capabilities of natural pollinators. However, the researchers aim to improve the robots’ flight time and precision to enable ...

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their ...

It was a gentleman this week from Huntington who was asking me how to grow fruit in his clay-ey, often saturated soils. We ...

The MIT researchers were able to significantly increase the flight time of an insect-sized flapping wing robot compared to ...

The results of cowslip observations carried out with the help of citizen scientists from 32 countries in over 5,200 locations shed light on the well-being of insect-pollinated plants under changing ...

Kobe University researcher has uncovered the purpose of the structure that inspired its name—revealing a novel mechanism by ...

More than 130 years after a fungus-eating orchid species was discovered, the purpose of its mysterious appendage has been ...

The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma gives information on how members of the public can attend a free beekeeping workshop being held Saturday in McAlester.