Elizabeth Gamillo is a staff writer for Discover and Astronomy. She has written for Science magazine as their 2018 AAAS Diverse Voices in Science Journalism Intern and was a daily contributor for ...

The unlikely friendship between a woman and a bumblebee has taken the internet by storm. In a video shared on Twitter by The Dodo, a woman named Tiana told the story of Bumble — a bumblebee she found ...

When a bumble bee emerges from torpor, it repeatedly rubs its arms over its head and flexes its abdomen. It’s a half-stretch, half-dance move that warms the bee up and out of the state of decreased ...

Bumblebee guards are actually pretty casual about sterile intruders. They’ll spend a little extra time examining them with ...

When bumble bees fight invasive Argentine ants for food, bees may win an individual skirmish but end up with less to feed the hive. Bumble bees are already under pressure from habitat loss, disease, ...

Update, March 22, 2017: On Tuesday, after a month-long delay, the rusty-patched bumblebee became the first bumblebee to be officially listed under the Endangered Species Act. The first time Clay Bolt ...

On 11 January, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) published a rule to list the rusty patched bumble bee, Bombus affinis, as endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act. Thanks to ...

Usually, bees are annoying to have around while you are enjoying your food. However, one exception is causing quite a buzz — pun intended! If you don't mind having bees around your food, at least ...

In the latest example of Black Mirror episodes come to life, a group of researchers at the University of Washington are equipping bees with a tiny backpack full of sensors to help farmers grow their ...