WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber for the first time in South America, providing a fresh glimpse into life on Earth at a time when flowering plants ...

In a remote corner of Peru’s central Amazon, a small, ancient pollinator has quietly rewritten legal history. Native stingless bees, long overshadowed by their stinging cousins, have become the first ...

In a groundbreaking move with international significance, insects–specifically stingless bees from the Peruvian Amazon–have ...

Planet’s oldest bee species and primary pollinators were under threat from deforestation and competition from ‘killer bees’ ...

The Amazon rainforest is a biological jackpot, a climate regulator, and a living history book all at once. Scientists are ...

Beyond biodiversity, stingless bees play a stabilising role in ecosystems under pressure. By enabling plant reproduction, they help forests recover from disturbance and maintain resilience in the face ...

American conservationist and Amazon explorer Paul Rosolie captured the spine-tingling moment that giant ants dismantled his tent during a hellacious night in the jungle. geno sajko - stock.adobe.com ...

Learn how stingless bees quietly sustain Amazonian forests — and how a new law is changing what happens when they’re harmed. For the first time in history, the law is recognizing an insect as a rights ...

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