The breeding biology of Rainbow Bee-eaters (Merops ornatus) was studied between 1997 and 2001 in southeast Queensland, Australia. Rainbow Bee-eaters are unusual in that they combine migration and ...

A few years ago, wild bee ecologist Kit Prendergast was searching for pollinators of an endangered wildflower when she spotted a strange bee. “I discovered the species while surveying a rare plant in ...

"Entire bee families and subfamilies that are found only in Australia, including the Stenotritidae and Euryglossinae, didn't appear in any responses," Dr. Prendergast said. "Even species at risk of ...

One of the more fascinating and beautiful families of birds in Africa is one we don’t see in the Western Hemisphere, Meropidae, the family of Bee-eaters. The name Meropidae is derived from Merops, ...

Nigel Andrew receives funding from the Australian Research Council, NSW Environmental Trust, Grains Research Development Corporation (GRDC), and the NeCTAR Climate Change consortium. Nigel is ...