February 2, 2026, is International Hedgehog Day. While this occasion offers a moment to celebrate one of Europe’s most beloved small mammals, sadly, it’s also a much-needed opportunity to confront an ...

Introduced to control rats, the Small Indian mongoose became one of conservation’s most infamous mistakes. Learn how this ...

Wild hamsters might sound like a cartoon concept, but they are real animals that live across large parts of Europe and ...

Banker plants are valuable against common strawberry pests, such as aphids, thrips, and two-spotted spider mites. Cereal banker plants combat this scourge through an ongoing supply of non-pest aphids, ...

They are small songbirds, but they are deadly. The loggerhead shrike, or "butcherbird," is slowly declining in Ohio.

Because their feet are not adapted to process prey items, shrikes carry large items to thorny vegetation and/or barbed wire fences and promptly impale the prey upon a thorn or barb. This behavior ...

It may have been suicidal for a predator to go after a healthy adult Brachiosaurus, a behemoth weighing perhaps 60 tons that ...

Caterpillars hear sound through tiny body hairs, not ears, helping them detect predators and inspiring microphone technology.

Mosquitoes are often called the most dangerous animals on Earth because of the diseases they spread. Fredros Okumu studies these insects with one goal: reduce their populations and limit their impact.

The twospotted spider mite and the chilli thrips are a pain for Florida strawberry growers. Scientists focus on a predatory ...

The giant false leaf katydid is a large, leaf-mimicking insect native to tropical forests across parts of South and Southeast Asia. Adults rank among the largest known katydids, typically reaching ...

LAGRANGE – Winter can be a time of significant temperature variation. Cold snaps and warmer than usual spells often spark conversations about the impact on insects, particularly the pesty types, and ...