Deep inside a fossil-filled cave in the Dominican Republic, researchers uncovered evidence of an unexpected interaction between ancient owls and solitary bees. About 20,000 years ago, a family of owls ...

Contrary to popular depictions of bee nests as large, intricate hives that hang from trees, the majority of bee species — about 90% — are actually solitary and build their nests in the ground or ...

island of Hispaniola about 20,000 years ago built their nests in hollows in the bones of dead mammals. This is the first evidence that wasps used animal bone cavities as egg-laying sites. Juan Almonte ...

Behavioural experiments in shell-dwelling cichlid fish reveal evolutionary adaptations in parents and offspring that control the timing of emergence from the nest. To mimic the empty snail shells that ...

For the first time, bees were recorded using bones to nest and lay eggs in a Caribbean cave. - Courtesy of Lazaro Viñola López Contrary to popular depictions of bee nests as large, intricate hives ...