Insects

At the hospital, "roaches routinely crawl across kitchen countertops and have ended up in veterans' food." (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

Lawmaker fights cockroach infestation at VA hospital

Sarah Bedford · May 13, 2016 9:26 pm

Mark Emrich, a beekeeper with the Olympia Beekeepers Association helps transfer approximately 25,000 honeybees to two hives installed on the lawn of the Governor's mansion, Wednesday, April 20, 2016, at the Capitol In Olympia, Wash. The group hopes to raise public awareness about the decline in bee populations throughout the United States, and how honeybees contribute to Washington's agriculture economy. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Washington Secrets

44% of nation’s honey bee hives die, rare summer deaths surge

Paul Bedard · May 10, 2016 6:31 pm

(AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Washington Secrets

USDA: Honey production down, fewer hives

Paul Bedard · March 23, 2016 3:46 pm

Honeybee populations have collapsed in recent years, and the EPA has identified pesticides as one of the many stressors contributing to the population decline. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Energy and Environment

EPA limits pesticide on crops to stop bee deaths

Kyle Feldscher · January 6, 2016 4:59 pm

On the bug study, the report concluded that "anyone raised in a rural area can attest that one way to attract insects is to turn on a light." (AP Photo)

Government studying how bugs react when lights are turned on

Pete Kasperowicz · November 30, 2015 5:22 pm

Washington Secrets

Court rips EPA for approving Dow insecticide linked to honeybee deaths

Paul Bedard · September 11, 2015 5:16 pm

Junk science = garbage policy

Becket Adams · July 6, 2015 4:01 am

Throughout the summer, wildlife biologists conduct nighttime surveys to learn more about the many bats that live in the Coconino National Forest. Scientists gather information about species, population, and habitat. This bat from the genus Myotis is having its wing examined. (USDA Forest Service,Â Coconino National Forest)

USDA festival highlights importance of bats and bees

Nathan Rubbelke · June 19, 2015 10:09 pm

The National Institutes of Health Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo)

Insect-infested NIH facility shut down for poor quality

Robert King · June 4, 2015 9:52 pm

Since April 2014, beekeepers lost 42.1 percent of their colonies, the second highest loss rate in nine years, and then managed to recover a bit, according to an annual survey conducted by a bee partnership that includes the U.S. Department of Agriculture. (AP Photo/Andy Duback, File)

Energy and Environment

White House lays out plan to save the honeybees

Zack Colman · May 19, 2015 3:31 pm

Groups beg Michelle Obama to save honey bees, forbid pesticides

Washington Secrets

Groups beg Michelle Obama to save honey bees, forbid pesticides

Paul Bedard · May 5, 2015 5:21 pm

Monica Lewinsky tapped by Barbara Walters to join ‘The View’ according to source

Red Alert Politics

Monica Lewinsky tapped by Barbara Walters to join ‘The View’ according to source

Morgan Chalfant · April 1, 2015 6:36 pm