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

The parasitic bee mite Varroa destructor, which can mimic the chemical composition of its host's cuticle, is also capable of adapting this composition according to the bee species that it infests.

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 ...

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 ...

Spring bee mimics and autumn spiders top the identification queries put to Museum experts. Pass by the offices of the Museum's Identification and Advisory Service (IAS) in April and you're quite ...

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.

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 ...