Pollinator decline

Rusty patched bumblebee

Here’s how to convert your lawn into a bee pollinator habitat

Environment

Pollinators are in sharp decline across the US. A Minnesota program wants to encourage homeowners to help reverse this trend by paying them to convert turf to pollinator-friendly habitats.

Butterly insect decline

The global population of flying insects is crashing dangerously fast

Environment
Monarch butterflies at the Pismo Beach Monarch Butterfly Grove in California.

‘The situation is desperate’ for monarch butterflies, but here’s the plan to save them

Environment
Sea-Tac beekeepers

A new home for honeybees, just off the tarmac

Science

Protecting Pollinators

The World

The Butterfly Effect

With mysterious diseases threatening bees and bats, scientists look to butterflies to assess environmental health.