New research uncovers the surprising role of plant scents in insect diets and evolution especially butterflies and moths.

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 ...

Azure Damselfly. Creadit by Dave Cooling A major new study led by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) and the ...

The 47th annual Lebanese Food Festival is April 6, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at St. Sharbel Parish Hall, 2920 W. Scenic Drive. Brian Alwan of Alwan & Sons Meat Company told ...

While we regularly hear about population declines in ‘charismatic’ insects like bees, huge data gaps make it hard to protect ...

On some insect farms, a potential concern is injuries from cannibalism and aggression, which occur at greater rates when animals such as crickets are crowded together. The issue crops up in other ...

Researchers propose a unified framework to monitor and protect insect biodiversity amid growing concerns over global declines A major new study led by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) and ...

A groundbreaking study released recently, sheds new light on how hands-on citizen science projects can transform students ...

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 ...

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

The sun is back! The days are warmer, the freezing nights are fewer, and green buds are starting to shoot their way up through the soil. For ...