In a series of experiments, the fuzzy pollinators figured out how to use a ball as a tool to access a sugary treat. The study ...

Bumblebees faced with a challenge know how to play ball. Buff-tailed bumblebees can figure out on their own how to use a ball as a ladder to nab sugar from an out-of-reach fake flower, researchers ...

In 2024, Olli Loukola of the Finland co-authored a study demonstrating that bumblebees could cooperate to solve complex challenges. It’s the kind of cognitive task scientists had previously only ...

These floating solar panels installed above bodies of water could help Australia with its drought problem in addition to ...

Contrary to their name, bumblebees are no bumbling oafs. A new study published in Science on Thursday found that these bees utilized tools to solve complex problems to win a sugary treat, even if ...

New research suggests the fuzzy insects may be capable of spontaneously solving problems the way animals with much larger ...

Dark matter is one of the most mysterious things in existence. We can't see it or feel it, and yet it is threaded through the structure of the Universe, making up around 85 per cent of its mass. It’s ...