Are Australia's native bees thriving or declining?
It's a sight to behold.
Ecology
Oct 2, 2026
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Page 2: Research news on pollinators
Pollinators are organisms that mediate the transfer of pollen between the male and female reproductive structures of seed plants, thereby enabling sexual reproduction and gene flow within and among plant populations. They encompass a diverse set of taxa, including many insects (notably bees, flies, butterflies, moths, beetles), some vertebrates (such as birds and bats), and other animals that incidentally or actively collect floral resources like nectar and pollen. In ecological and evolutionary research, pollinators are central to studies of plant–animal mutualisms, floral trait adaptation, community assembly, and ecosystem functioning, as well as to analyses of network structure, coevolutionary dynamics, and the stability and resilience of plant–pollinator interaction webs.
Global pollination analysis reveals climate explains specialized partnerships better than latitude
An international study led by researchers from Charles University in Prague (CUNI) and the Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences (BC CAS) has mapped how closely flowering plants and their pollinators depend on each ...
Ecology
Oct 1, 2026
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Nature-strip gardens boost biodiversity, bugs and social benefits
University of Melbourne researchers have found that planting native gardens on suburban nature strips can boost urban biodiversity, with insect numbers increasing sevenfold and the number of species approximately doubling.
Ecology
Sep 29, 2026
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How cities can go greener in a warming climate
VUB researcher Robbe Neyns has developed artificial intelligence capable of identifying trees down to the species level in satellite and aerial imagery. The technology can help cities better map their trees and biodiversity, ...
Environment
Sep 24, 2026
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Machine learning helps identify chemicals that repel honey bees from pesticides
In a win for pollinator conservation, researchers at the University of California, Riverside, have developed a machine learning-based method to identify chemical compounds that can safely repel honey bees from pesticide-treated ...
Ecology
Sep 24, 2026
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Sheep grazing may pose greater threat to Scotland's wild pollinators than honey bees
Sheep grazing, rather than honey bees, could be the bigger threat to wild pollinators on Scotland's moorlands, according to a new University of Bristol-led study. The research, published in the Journal of Applied Ecology, ...
Ecology
Sep 22, 2026
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Pollinators keep a later calendar in human-modified landscapes, study finds
Human development may be changing more than where pollinators live—it may also be changing when they are active. University of Florida researchers at the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) have found that ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 14, 2026
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A vital native bee highway can start in your own backyard
When it comes to bees, most of us can identify the ubiquitous honey bee (Apis mellifera) and that's about it.
Ecology
Sep 7, 2026
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Since the 1980s, climate change has increasingly altered European bumblebee habitats
Global biodiversity loss is occurring at a rapid pace, driven by multiple human-caused factors, including overexploitation, pollution, invasive species and climate change. Despite increasing research on the impact of climate ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 4, 2026
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Honey bees can serve as sentinels for environmental health
Honey bees (Apis mellifera) are widely known as essential pollinators, but researchers using a "One Health" approach have also identified them as biological sentinels of environmental health. Honey bees continuously interact ...
Environment
Aug 28, 2026
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