Fireflies are putting on an especially dazzling show across central Ohio this summer due to the combination of a wet spring ...
Why do insects fly into lights? Various explanations have been proposed, including that they use the Moon for navigation, or fly to light to help avoid danger. The most compelling theory, however, is ...
As yellow-legged hornets spread through South Carolina’s Lowcountry region, threatening the local honey crop, a state team of ...
Citizen scientists have helped researchers solve a long-standing mystery about how parental care evolved in harvestmen. Using ...
It’s pretty commonly known, and not very startling, that free-ranging cats eat birds and small rodents. But the degree to ...
The University of Wisconsin Undergraduate Entomology Society hosted its fourth annual Swarm to Table event Saturday, April 13 at The Crossing. Selling out 300 tickets for the third year in a row, S2T ...
He cited other researchers who found mosquito harassment increased with increasing temperature to about 68 degrees. Above 68, ...
The US Environmental Protection Agency quietly approved the use of three new PFAS pesticides last week to kill insects on the ...
Slow-motion videos suggest that the insects display distinct behaviors when they like or dislike a snack. The findings might ...
NPR's science podcast Short Wave talks about why wolves are thriving in California, a new estimation of the world's insect species and the universe's earliest quasars.
The first locally acquired Chagas case, a parasitic illness known as “kissing bug” disease, has been confirmed in this region ...