A light crackling sound floats above a field in northern Switzerland in late summer. Its source is invisible, tucked inside a dead, dried plant stem: a dozen larval mason bees striking the inner walls ...

The larvae of Megachile pacifica, the leafcutter bee, develop within a cell constructed of pieces of leaf by the adult female which also provides a plug of nectar and pollen, the sole source of ...

Seemingly helpless against their much more lively natural enemies, plants have actually come up with a wide range of defences. In the present research, published in the open-access Journal of ...