Bees are usually thought of as insects that gather nectar and pollen, but in addition to those bees, there are a few rare species of bees that have developed a very different method of surviving.

Most bees happily gather nectar and pollen from flowers for food, but there are exceptions. Bees are actually wasps that adopted a vegetarian lifestyle in the dim and distant past – and vulture bees ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

A research project co-led by Laura Figueroa, an assistant professor in the College of Natural Sciences's Department of Environmental Conservation, is shedding new light on the remarkable feeding ...

Newswise — A little-known species of tropical bee has evolved an extra tooth for biting flesh and a gut that more closely resembles that of vultures rather than other bees. Typically, bees don’t eat ...

As trees and flowers blossom in spring, bees emerge from their winter nests and burrows. For many species it's time to mate, and some will start new solitary nests or colonies. Bees and other ...