The World from PRX

Pollinators

A close-up view of a male blue orchard bee, also known as Osmia lignaria. This type of bee, which is native to North America, is known to be one of the world's best pollinators.
Science
Book creates buzz about native bees of North America
The common housefly makes up just one of 150 families of flies.
Science
‘The Secret Lives of Flies’ provides insight into the diversity of the small insects
Squash bee
Environment
If you like squash, you can thank this one particular pollinator
Monarch close up
Environment
Two environmental groups sue on behalf of the monarch butterfly
Beekeeper and hive
Environment
Beekeepers and researchers are collaborating to build a better honeybee
A bee approaches a peach blossom. Many of the more than 20,000 species of bee worldwide, including the well-known honey bee, are threatened by disease, habitat loss, and pesticides. President Obama's national pollinator plan would provide incentives for r
Environment
From the White House to Minnesota gardens, an effort to make more room for pollinators
Monarch butterflies at the Pismo Beach Monarch Butterfly Grove in California.
Environment
‘The situation is desperate’ for monarch butterflies, but here’s the plan to save them
Monarch butterfly
Environment
After years on the brink, it might be comeback time for monarch butterflies
Monarch butterfly (Photo: Karen First)
Environment
The monarchs were missing this summer … and we and weather were to blame
Hummingbirds in the Canyon
Business, Economics and Jobs
British Beekeepers Warned Asian Hornets are Coming
Health & Medicine
Deadly MERS Virus Traced to Bats in Saudi Arabia
The World in Words
What Drones, Bees and Marilyn Monroe Have in Common
Environment
Monarch butterflies threatened by loss of habitat
Environment
Mexican scientist make saving bats his life’s work
Environment
When it comes to honey, in many stores you’re not getting what you think
Environment
Undercover with the world’s most notorious butterfly smuggler
MacArthur Genius fights to keep bees alive
Citizens on the Watch for Hummingbirds
Update: Study Finds Pesticides Dull Bees’ Sense of Smell
Monarch Migration
Business, Economics and Jobs
Mexico’s Bat Man: Fighting to Protect Maligned Creatures
Missed Connection in the Rockies
Ugandan Butterflies Indicate Change
Science Note/Bat Aerodynamics
BirdNote® /Hummingbirds See Red
The Living on Earth Almanac
Bring Back the Bees
The Bee’s Knees
The Bee’s Knees
Killer Bees Head for California
Monarch’s Winter Home Threatened by Logging
Killer Bees Head for California
Monarch’s Winter Home Threatened by Logging
Emerging Science Note/Voodoo Wasps
Note on Emerging Science
Note on Emerging Science
Science Note/ Bees and Elephants
Note on Emerging Science
The Butterfly Effect
A Tale of Two Hives
Bees’ Burden/Emerging Science Note
Emerging Science Note/Bees
King Bee
Taggers At Work
Busy Bees
Emerging Science Note/Bee It Hot or Cold
Eau de Deception
Monarch Butterflies
Bats
Animal Note
Thirsty Bees
Thirsty Bees
Bee Eye in the Sky
Monarch Butterfly Habitat
Environment
The plight of the honeybee
Environment
Bee trouble in Britain
Environment
Taiwanese butterfly migration
Environment
Butterflies lose habitat in Mexico