Unfortunately, for the past 40 years, I have been working nonstop and just can’t get out to witness the annual migration and ...

On a humid night on Barro Colorado Island in Panama, a research team collecting insects beneath a lamp spotted something that ...

For reptiles, shedding allows them to increase their size and stay healthy. For insects and crustaceans, shedding becomes ...

The deer tick ( Ixodes scapularis), also known as the black-legged tick, is not an insect but an arachnid. As it feeds on a ...

Finding bedbugs can be traumatic. Learn how to identify, remove, and prevent these pests from returning to your home.

While every bumble bee colony has a queen, the process for becoming that queen bee may be a bit more democratic than ...

Every bumble bee colony has a queen, but a new study led by researchers at Penn State suggests the process of determining ...

My passion or slight obsession is getting to see as much as nature has to offer. Birds, from warblers and gnatcatchers to raptors, they all give me a rush. But I don’t overlook the rather common and ...

"I often wonder if more of us spent time along the bank of a stream or in a field of wildflowers there would be less strife in the world." ...

Similar to sunburns, dehydration and rashes from poison ivy, bites from mosquitoes, ticks and other insects are a drawback of being outside when it’s warm. Not to mention, they can carry illnesses ...

Butterflies are some of the most beautiful insects. There are also many beautiful moths. They have three main body regions like all insects. These include a head, thorax and abdomen plus six legs, two ...