In California, artificial turf has infiltrated school athletic fields, city parks, and residential lawns, according to the Los Angeles Times. More artificial turf is installed in the 163,695 ...

Can you grow more fruits and nuts without bees? For several years, researchers have been trying to perfect the art of artificial pollination, providing an alternative to bees. Washington State ...

Researchers find that artificial lighting has a negative impact on nocturnal pollination. These negative effects on nocturnal pollinators may also extend to diurnal pollinators. Reducing bee colony ...

Near Esparto, in the beautiful Capay Valley region of central California, 1,400 young almond trees flourish in a century-old orchard overlooking the hills. Since November, they’ve stood in perfect ...

In an almond orchard in Israel earlier this month, a machine topped with a column of tiny cannons stopped in front of a tree, beamed lasers at it to map out the shape of the branches, and then fired ...

Artificial pollination technology is heading to Victorian farms to mimic the essential role of the honeybee, which is under threat. Israel’s Edete Presicion Technologies for Agriculture has partnered ...

Researchers have discovered a new global threat to pollination - artificial light at night, which was found to reduce visits of nocturnal pollinators to flowers by 62%. The impact of this is a ...

Street lamps could be harming agriculture, according to a new study that looks at the effects of nighttime light pollution on pollinators. The amount of artificial light at night is growing by about 6 ...