A peony bud is about to bloom, but something unexpected is happening on its surface. Tiny ants are climbing over the rounded green bud, gathering near its sticky edges, and …
Beneath fallen logs, inside decaying tree trunks, and throughout the soil of tropical forests, millions of tiny insects are quietly transforming dead plant material into resources that support living ecosystems. …
Introduction Walk through a meadow filled with goldenrod or native wildflowers in late summer, and you’ll probably notice bees, butterflies, hoverflies, and wasps moving from bloom to bloom. What most …