A tiny brain no bigger than a sesame seed may hold the key to transforming artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics, thanks ...

Bee-flies look adorable. Seeing the dark-edged bee-fly hover in mid-air, some people describe it as a tiny, fluffy, flying narwhale. It has a hairy little body and face, and a very long, straw-like ...

Using unconventional methods, the researchers showed just how good birds are at distinguishing wasp mimics from the real ...

A syrphid fly, a bumble bee mimic. A syrphid fly, a bumble bee mimic. A hawkmoth on beebalm (Monarda fistulosa). ABOVE: A syrphid fly, a wasp mimic using front legs as antennae. BELOW: A hawkmoth ...

But that’s not all. In case the visual aspect isn’t enough, the clever Ophrys also releases pheromones, chemical substances that perfectly mimic the scent of a female Eucera longicornis bee in heat.

It looks like a bee and acts like a bee, but it's not actually a bee. The hoverfly is known as a bee mimic and it's a lesser-known key player in Alberta's agricultural industry.

FLICKR, MAJA DUMAT F lowers are known to employ all manner of trickery to attract pollinators, from taking the shape of an insect mate to emitting wafts of rotting flesh.A South African flower ...

A while back, I had a few hives of honey bees parked at a beef farm down the road, tucked up against a stone wall just outside a pasture. One day, the owner called to say that my bees had invaded a ...