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National Geographic spent three years filming inside a single beehive with special cameras, capturing never-before-seen footage of how bees live, build, and think. The new series celebrates the tiny architects who pollinate one-third of our food.
Scientists reveal that common lawn daisies provide crucial food for urban bees and butterflies, making those "weeds" in your yard secret heroes for city wildlife. Each cheerful flower is actually a collection of 100 tiny blooms working together as a pollinator buffet.
For the first time, researchers are using lightweight radio technology to track monarch butterflies during their epic 3,000-mile migration across North America. The breakthrough is filling crucial gaps in understanding one of nature's most mysterious journeys.
Tiny endangered bats are adapting to drought by venturing further north than ever before, and conservationists are planting thousands of agave plants to help them survive. DNA evidence just proved these incredible pollinators have expanded their range by 100 miles in search of the nectar that fuels their epic journeys.
Vertical gardens on city buildings are creating safe havens for wildlife, with researchers documenting hundreds of creatures including three bird species that built nests in the greenery. The soil-based walls attracted 12 types of pollinators, 19 soil invertebrates, and dozens of urban birds.