As a designated National Geographic Explorer, Bertie Gregory traverses the globe documenting wild life in all its complexity.

Secrets of the Bees premieres March 31 on Nat Geo and streams April 1 on Disney+ and Hulu. Here's everything you need to know ...

It’s not easy being a queen — a bumblebee queen, that is. To start her colony in the spring, an expectant queen must first survive the winter by hibernating alone in the soil, where she’s vulnerable ...

New science is showing that nature’s vital pollinators are smarter than we ever imagined. Here’s why that discovery should ...

Hibernating common eastern bumblebee queens survived for a week while submerged underwater in a lab. Rhododendrites via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 Bumblebees may be more resilient than ...

The film "Bumblebee" explores the life cycle of bumblebees, focusing on a queen bee that emerges from hibernation and establishes a nest in an abandoned burrow. It details her role in laying eggs, ...

For Richard Mannino, bees are the most important animals on planet Earth. Mannino made the declaration as he began a lecture April 17 on bee keeping at the Louisiana Children’s Discovery Center in ...

Connal McLean is affiliated with The Moths and Butterflies of New Zealand Trust and The Entomological Society of New Zealand. Jennifer Jandt does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive ...