BeesApril 15, 2025
A Deadly Parasite Threatens Bees and 130 Crops They Help Grow
Scientists are racing to stop a tiny mite that could devastate the pollinators and agriculture
Stories by Hannah Nordhaus
Hannah Nordhaus writes about biodiversity, history and the natural world for publications such as National Geographic, Wired, Outside, and the Wall Street Journal. She is author of the books The Beekeeper's Lament (2011) and American Ghost (2015), both published by HarperCollins. Nordhaus is a National Geographic Storytelling Fellow and Explorer and journalist in residence at the University of Colorado Boulder.
ConservationDecember 1, 2017
A Beautiful Insect That Buries Dead Bodies Is in the Middle of a Conservation Battle
Oil companies want the American burying beetle to be the first recovered insect taken off the U.S. endangered species list. But scientists say comeback claims are wildly exaggerated
BiotechMarch 1, 2017
A Beetle Is Destroying U.S. Corn, So Scientists Are Punching at the Insect's Genes
Technology to defeat the corn rootworm, scientists worry, will work only briefly against an inventive foe