For 15 years, Kuhlow, a 51-year-old former Stony Brook microbiology researcher, has been logging observations of leaf and bud appearances — in his own garden, or farther afield on a hike — into a ...

When we think of dangerous animals, our minds often jump to lions, sharks, or venomous snakes. But here’s the twist– some of ...

Warm spring temperatures can bring insects that like to feed on tender buds and leaves of hydrangeas. Learn how to identify ...

Instead of fighting the aphids on your flowers, leaving them alone will actually draw in beneficial pollinators and predators ...

Skin flakes are hard to digest. It’s like eating hair, or feathers. So dust mites have powerful digestive enzymes to break the skin down. Those enzymes turn up in dust mite poop. And let’s just say ...

Engineers at the University of California, Berkeley have created the world’s smallest flying robot that can be controlled without any wires. This tiny insect-like machine is less than 1 centimeter ...

Researchers from the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA) have released 2,500 parasitic wasps into an orchard in the Huon ...

Scientists hope hungry black weevils imported from Louisiana can help tackle South Africa's invasive water plant problem.

Across the region, insect conservation is under-represented in research, funding and public discourse. Read more at ...

Some of them are downright strange, like the weird bug that wears a face "mask" on its butt or the "kamikaze" insects with ...

Almost everything we do at home creates dust, but if it's not cleaned away it can cause a range of health problems from asthma and allergies to skin irritation and streaming eyes ...