There have been many apocalyptic reports on bees at risk. But these stories usually focus on honey bees, which are not endangered. The news is worse regarding wild bees. These industrious insects pollinate over half of the world’s flowering species. Habitat loss plays a major role in the decline. While that problem may seem daunting,…

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In the mid-19th century, British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace warned: “Future ages will certainly look back upon us as a people so immersed in the pursuit of wealth as to be blind to higher considerations.” Now considered as the co-founder of the theory of evolution, Wallace believed that the rise of agriculture (and civilization) inevitably…

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