Scientists have observed a little-known species of meat-eating bee that sports an extra tooth for biting flesh. According to a recent paper on the bees, they use their extra tooth to pull and gather ...

Some bees have developed a taste for carrion, in a delightfully twisted evolutionary turn. These vulture bees, as they’re known, feature unique gut microbes that help them digest meat. A team of ...

A little-known species of tropical bee has evolved an extra tooth for biting flesh and a gut that more closely resembles that of vultures rather than other bees. A little-known species of tropical bee ...

The vast majority of bees feed on pollen and nectar, but certain species have evolved to feast on meat, substituting dead animal carcasses for flower meadows. To better understand this extreme shift ...

Poor Pepper the herding dog spent the weekend in bed nursing an ugly wound. His snout is raw, red and runny. We think it started with a bee sting. A small break in the skin just above his nose spread ...

Mention foraging bees and most people will picture insects flitting from flower to flower in search of nectar. But in the jungles of Central and South America, “vulture bees” have developed a taste ...

Those who love me do so despite my tendency to be late. In this way Ed is not like me at all, so he compensates by pushing me out the door earlier than is necessary or even prudent. Last week when we ...

With a sting that packs a punch, would any creature dare to eat a bee? You would be surprised to know that, from birds to bugs, there are a lot of animals that rely on bees as a protein-filled snack.