Nature is full of impostors, and many of them are found in the insect world. Certain species, such as the bee fly or the ant ...

Our devastation of nature is so extreme that reversing even a small part of it requires painstaking, quixotic efforts.

For the first time ever, an international study led by the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE), a joint centre of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) (the Spanish National ...

Meet the black soldier fly larvae, a tiny waste-eating bug that creates a fantastic organic fertilizer that can improve soil ...

Disney announced that the official closing date for “It’s Tough to Be a Bug!” is on March 17 with a video from show host Flik ...

An invasive bug species found at a Michigan airport marks just the third time the species has been intercepted in the United States, officials say. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials say the ...

You’ve likely seen those evil ant-looking insects with wicked pincers at the tip of their abdomen in your house and heard ...

Among farmers and ranchers, the New World screwworm fly ranks among the most reviled of all livestock pests. This parasitic insect has the repulsive habit of laying its eggs inside a cut or scratc ...

Head lice is an infestation of tiny, parasitic insects most often found behind the ears and at the back of the neck ... No, head lice move by crawling—they cannot hop, jump, or fly.1 Lice are spread ...

A young girl in Malaysia unlocked a new kind of phobia when she was discovered to have fleas in her ear canal after reporting discomfort to her family. On Saturday (18 Jan), the girl’s mother, Ms ...

While many gardeners resort to chemical treatments to fend off unwanted bugs, there’s a more environmentally friendly way to protect your plants: beneficial insects. These natural allies help control ...