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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian drones battered the Ukrainian port city of Odesa and glide bombs hit Zaporizhzhia, local authorities said Tuesday, as the Kremlin again warned that negotiators are ...

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This is Latin for “having had mercy and choosing him” — a phrase that Francis chose as his motto when he was elevated to bishop and kept as his papal seal. It was drawn from the homilies of St. Bede ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Anti-Defamation League says the number of antisemitic incidents in the United States reached a record ...

Freya Marie Jackson received funding from the Australian Entomological Society (AES) through their "Small Grant Award", which supported some of this research on native bees. Additionally ...

Evergreen Washelli Funeral Home and Cemetery is hosting the Catacomb Bee Collective, an urban beekeeping group that maintains an on-site apiary. It began in 2021 when beekeeper and educator Annie ...

PEORIA, AZ (AZFamily) —The sound of buzzing bees won’t soon be forgotten by three Valley hikers. “It was a beautiful day. We were just having a great time, and then it was like tragedy ...

STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — Nearly half a million bees died after someone trespassed and poisoned hives at Rock Hill Honey Bee Farm on Monday. The Stafford County Sheriff's Office was called to the ...

There are some 20,000 different species of bees here on planet Earth, and of those 20,000 species, one out of every four are at risk of extinction, according to The Bee Conservancy. Why should ...

A quarter of a million bees have died in Corowa, New South Wales. The NSW EPA tested the hives and found they were poisoned by the pesticide fipronil. About 250,000 bees have perished in the ...