A better understanding of insects could help better protect them Despite general indifference, studies continue to draw alarming conclusions about the dramatic collapse of insect populations in Europe ...

For 15 years, Kuhlow, a 51-year-old former Stony Brook microbiology researcher, has been logging observations of leaf and bud appearances — in his own garden, or farther afield on a hike — into a ...

A team of scientists set out to determine how many ants live on Earth at any given time. The answer is astounding, to say the ...

There’s no single, simple way to assess whether bugs feel pain, but research is giving scientists a better understanding of ...

Native plants transform Eden Prairie yard into a haven for pollinators, birds and people, advancing Wild Ones’ environmental ...

Buzzing insects may be seen as pests -- but globally, hundreds of fly species migrate over long distances, with major benefits for people and nature, new research shows.

Fly migration has been part of written human history for millennia. In the book of Exodus, when the pharoah of Egypt didn’t ...

Help save the Earth by replacing half your lawn and/or non-native plants with native species, even in containers, plus a list ...

Study warns that climate change is rapidly shrinking mountain habitats, threatening two-thirds of butterfly species with extinction by 2070.

Researchers believe the fossils belonged to one of the species of the Osmeriformes family, ancestors to modern graylings and ...

Japanese restaurant chain Sukiya has temporarily closed nearly 2000 outlets after a rat and a bug were found in its food on ...

Rodent feces by clean plates, a cockroach by a wok, cooks who touched customer food after scratching their head or touching a ...