In a new study, bumble bees solve a completely novel object-manipulation task. What makes this behavior especially remarkable ...

Scientists observe bumblebees rolling a ball underneath a flower to get sugar, showing complex problem-solving abilities.

Bumble bees are the brainboxes of the insect world, suggests new research. The garden pollinators are able to solve puzzles ...

When a bee crashes into water, it may still be able to swim to safety. New research from Michigan State University confirms ...

A walk in the cemetery led to Cornell researchers discovering an underground colony of bees with an estimated population of 5 ...

Brooklyn’s pedestrian plazas will be quite literally buzzing with activity this spring as the city expands The Pollinator Port Project, a program to offer refuge to local bees and other pollinators.

The French philosopher René Descartes, whose views on animals were highly influential, argued that these creatures acted purely by reflex — they had no intellectual capabilities. But there has been a ...