Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Have you ever wondered why bees or butterflies flock to certain flowers, while completely ignoring others? How do our flying ...

The honey bee has held a special place in vision research. It is one of the best-studied insects, and much of what scientists know about how bees perceive the world is based on studies of honey bees.

I was reading a children's book about insects to my daughter, and it said that bees see colors differently than humans do. My daughter immediately asked, in short succession: "What colors do they see?

For decades, the idea that an insect could understand numbers has hovered between fascination and skepticism, raising fundamental questions about how intelligence works in small brains. Now, a new ...

Have you ever wondered why bees or butterflies flock to certain flowers, while completely ignoring others? How do our flying pollinator friends decide what plants to feast upon, and which to flutter ...