If you have a garden or spend time outside during the summer, chances are good that you’ve seen a green bee. You might have wondered what it was. These small, iridescent-colored flying insects ...

Iridescent sweat bees, hairy-faced mining bees, tiny Perdita minima the size of a gnat. Thanks to swarms of apiary enthusiasts, native species are finally getting the buzz they deserve ...

Thousands of new species are found each year. Here are three of our most recent eye-catching stories. The new species was ...

Deep in the tropical rainforests of northern Ecuador, researchers equipped with slingshots launched traps scented with vanilla, clove, wintergreen and eucalyptus up into the tree canopy, hoping to ...

When they land, patches of iridescent green make their wings appear to be glowing. The animals are Hewitsonia butterflies — and were just discovered as a new species. “The adult Hewitsonia ...