An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. For most of ...

Stingless bees are so ancient that they shared the planet with the dinosaurs. For the past 80 million years, stingless bees ...

In a first for nature and the planet, an insect has been given official legal rights. The revolutionary move comes from Peru, ...

Stingless bees in Peru's Amazon are now more than just pollinators—they're legal subjects with rights, in what advocates say ...

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

“Would your mama be proud of you right now?” a bystander said as agents returned at closing time to nab the workers. The dasher boards that line ice arenas in Minnesota contain aluminum components ...

A book that compiles the recovery of ancestral recipes from the Americas, from Canada to the Amazon, maps strategies in the ...

Richar Antonio Demetrio is the first Indigenous Asháninka scientist to publish in a high-impact journal, combining traditional ecological knowledge with scientific methodology to study meliponiculture ...

Workers of an undescribed species of stingless bees vigorously fan the brood comb of their nest to defend from intruders. Credit: Kathryn Naherny For decades, Peruvian law protected the honeybees ...

Nostradamus predictions for 2026 warn of a 'mortal war' at sea and a world leader struck by a 'thunderbolt' as the prophet's grim visions take aim at the new year.

Experts say the bee species keeps the Amazon's ecosystems pollinated and produces honey with medicinal properties ...

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