Insects may sometimes seem like a scourge on humanity, but without them, our lives would look very different. The quintillions of insects that inhabit our world help feed us, clothe us and have ...

Protect your houseplants and garden from these pests.

Discover how pill bugs breathe with gill-like lungs, why they love damp places, and what happens when they dry out.

Mosquitoes are some of the fastest-flying insects. Flapping their wings more than 800 times a second, they achieve their speed because the muscles in their wings can flap faster than their nervous ...

Gardeners can protect their plants from common pests like aphids, whiteflies, and caterpillars using natural methods. Instead ...

In 1988, police officers in Australia came for Ian Dadour. Not because the entomologist was under arrest, but because they needed his expertise. Investigators asked Dadour to estimate the ages of ...

I was looking over my database from last year, to see if there were any distinct patterns that may appear during our growing season this year. What surprised me was approximately 30% of the calls and ...

Whereas humans have one receptor on their tongues that can detect all sorts of sweet things, from real sugar to artificial sweeteners like aspartame, insects have many receptors that each detect ...

These invasive bugs come in looking for warmth.

DAYTON, OHIO (WDTN) – Not too far in the distance, we will be trading moisturizer for sunscreen and grilling out. Those ...

Pharmaceuticals that people globally rely on for daily health — including antibiotics, antidepressants and painkillers — are entering ecosystems via wastewater, posing poorly understood risks. Once ...