A new report reveals that U.S. beekeepers lost roughly half of the honey bees they managed last year. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ...

A new look at decades of data from museum collections and surveys of leaf-litter ants in Florida reveals a steady decline in native ants and simultaneous increase in nonnative ants – even in protected natural areas of the state, researchers report. The study tracked leaf-litter ant abundance from...

Meet T. Josek, who joined the Beckman Institute as a microscopist in June 2022. The following profile of alumni Tanya Josek was published by the Beckman Institute. T. graduated with a Master of Science in Entomology and studied in the Alleyne Lab. Describe your role at the Beckman...

DR. JAMES NARDI says you can tell a lot about a tree by the company it keeps. From life in the soil around their roots to the action up in their canopies, trees are swarming with engagement—unseen microbes and fungi, countless insects and other arthropods, and vertebrates like birds, squirrels, and...

Dr. Adam G. Dolezal’s research interests are in physiology, genes and behavior and honey bee biology. Dr. Adam G. Dolezal received his PhD in 2012 and has an outstanding publication record, comprising 42 publications in peer-reviewed international journals. Dr. Adam G. Dolezal’s Scopus scientific...

The theme for the 40th annual festival is living fossils – organisms that appear to have not changed in 400 million years. It is an appropriate theme for celebrating the longevity of the film festival, said May Berenbaum, the founder of the festival and the head of the...