In Illinois, we track heat accumulation using growing degree days. These help predict when certain insects will emerge or ...

Insects exposed to low levels of chlorothalonil suffer major reproductive harm. Its continued use threatens pollination and ...

I received my first question about Japanese beetles. Throughout a growing season, plants, insects, diseases and many other ...

What can a tiny wasp with a rather gruesome parasitic life cycle teach us about evolution, behavior and human developmental ...

Insects possess a remarkable ability to develop innate immune memory, and the mechanisms underlying this process are becoming a central topic in innate immunity research.

In Vermont, researchers have investigated the types of creepy, crawly bugs that their avian predators consume and may have ...

Researchers have studied gene expression dynamics during metamorphosis in two species of flies. Published in the Genome ...

The Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture’s Spruce Budworm Early Intervention Control Program will be active along parts of Western Newfoundland and the Northern Peninsula this summer, ...

It’s a boy! Science World staffers were in disbelief after a male stick insect was born into an all-female colony in what is being described as an “extremely rare” event.

In a study published in the scientific journal Nature, researchers found the bogong moths use the starry sky as a guide to the caves in the Australian Alps.

A beautifully illustrated new book explains the dire situation of insects, why they are critical to our health and that of our planet, and how to create a mindset for coexistence.