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

What is myrmecophily? It represents an important interaction in nature. The word can be split into two parts: myrmex and ...

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 ...

Farmers in Louisiana are going toe-to-toe with some nasty enemies: apple snails that clog crawfish traps while laying ...

Few groups in the natural world rival the sheer dominance of insects. From heavily armored beetles to aerial hunters like dragonflies and the vast organized societies of ants and termites, their ...

Protect your houseplants and garden from these pests.

Becky Nichols, the park’s long-time entomologist, has dedicated her career to learning about and protecting lifeforms like bees, wasps, moths, and butterflies.

Fruit trees are dormant. So are all the diseases and insects that prey on the fruit trees. The trees and insects will come to ...

One of the joys of winter is the absence of biting mosquitoes and black flies, stinging bees, and gardening nuisances such as ...

Insects may play a role in transmitting pathogens in heath care settings, according to findings from a systematic review.The review of 73 studies from around the globe uncovered “limited but ...

According to Doug Pfeiffer, an entomology professor at Virginia Tech, the snow and cold actually help insects like spotted lanternflies and ticks.