As temperatures drop, there's an urgent call from ecologists to help some of nature's smallest and most vulnerable creatures make it through winter. Experts from Arbtech are urging households to take ...

Ever notice how some gardens seem to thrive with fewer pests and more blooms? The secret often lies in attracting the right insects. Beneficial bugs can be your garden’s best friends, helping you ...

(WGHP) — Your beautiful vegetables are really starting to grow in the garden, but you notice tiny holes popping up in the leaves — insects are feasting. Some are pests, but as Horticulture Agent ...

Through pollination and feeding on all parts of plants, insects influence which plants thrive, which struggle, and even ...

Parasitoid insects, unlike parasites, kill their hosts by consuming them during their larval stage. Most parasitoids are small wasps and flies, and they infect a wide range of insects and arachnids.

Insects are fascinating and highly diverse animals who far too often are written off as pests and nuisances whose lives are totally disposable. However, their global presence and ubiquity are ...

Discover interesting facts about insects, the critters whose combined weight on the planet is 70 times that of all humans. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Christopher Halsch has received funding from the USDA NIFA (2022-67011-36563). Eliza Grames receives funding from the National Science Foundation (DEB 2225092). Insects are all around us – an ant on ...

Entomologists have warned that European sawflies — invasive bugs that resemble wasps — are taking over pine trees in Washington's Pierce County, perhaps most well-known as the home of Mount Rainier ...