As National Pollinator Week kicks off today, you might ask yourself why a US Senate resolution would officially dedicate a whole week to bees, birds, bats, beetles, and other critters that move pollen from plant to plant. True, on days when your eyes are rubbed red by lunchtime and the Allegra won"t seem to kick in, you might not think the world of pollen. But in ways that transcend sinus clarity, your world wouldn"t be the same without pollinators—they"re to thank for as many as one in three bites of food eaten in the US. Pollinator Week is meant to highlight problems—like climate change, pollution, and invasive species—that threaten pollinator animals, especially bee populations that are already declining.
Pollinators: not to be sneezed at
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World Jellyfish Day
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Ingenuity in action on the Santa Monica Pier
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Hemakuta Hill, Hampi, India
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Dark Sky Week
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Art abounds at the Palais Garnier
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Mount Hood, Oregon
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Endangered Species Day
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Chilling out in the Arctic
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Brocken spectre in Central Balkan National Park, Bulgaria
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A stunning sight in Mexico s wilderness
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Water colors
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Short-eared owl
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A cutting-edge art gallery opens in Paris
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Red-necked grebes during breeding season
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Happy Cinco de Mayo!
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World Lizard Day
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Ponta da Piedade rock formations in Portugal
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Behold the perfect cone
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Cloughoughter Castle, County Cavan, Ireland
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Go climb a tree
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Ancient art in the Amazon
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White Sands National Park turns 90
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The snows of Fuji
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Happy World Laughter Day
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Let s ride! It s Roller Coaster Day
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Fiddlehead fern fronds
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Waimea Canyon and Waipoo Falls, Kauai, Hawaii
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Rice processing in Bangladesh
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