Bumblebees have a way of looking both adorable and slightly overserved, wobbling from flower to flower like fuzzy little potatoes. They seem simple, almost carefree. But a new study suggests there’s ...

Traffic passes beneath a large electronic express lane sign over Interstate 680 at the Bollinger Canyon Road exit in San Ramon. Officials say toll data from this section of I-680 helped inform ...

In a typical spring, Steve Ellis’ hives would have been buzzing with healthy bee colonies, ready for the honey production season to start in May. This year, Ellis opened many of his hives to silence ...

If you're a book lover, the algorithm knows what you'll read before you do. Open TikTok and within minutes you're drowning in "dark academia" recommendations, literary fiction round-ups, and ...

On a hot summer day in Colorado, European honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) buzz around a cluster of hives near Boulder Creek. Worker bees taking off in search of water, nectar and pollen mingle with bees ...

Every time a new slang word gets coined on the Internet, linguist Adam Aleksic is thrilled. “It’s definitely good for me in that I stay in business,” says Aleksic, who studies the origins of words and ...

Ever wondered how social media platforms decide how to fill our feeds? They use algorithms, of course, but how do these algorithms work? A series of corporate leaks over the past few years provides a ...

The parasitic Tropilaelaps mite, which threatens honeybees and the food supply, isn’t in North America. Yet. Tropilaelaps mites on a honeybee in the Philippines. The mites hail from Southeast Asia and ...

In recent days, there have been some unnerving headlines about "killer bees" making their way across the United States. As reported by USA TODAY, several incidents involving the bees have taken place ...

Africanized honey bees, often called "killer bees," are now found in 13 states and are slowly spreading northward, attacking people, livestock, and pets along the way. Recently, a Texas man mowing his ...

Think about the last time you opened Netflix. Did you scroll through countless options or go with a recommended title? When you log into social media, do you decide what to see, or does an algorithm ...