Musician David Rothenberg will duet with aquatic plants, insects and more for two performances at FDR Park and West Fairmount Park.

Blank Park Zoo is having a glow up — literally. Chinese lanterns shaped like animals, insects and plants take over for the 2025 Wild Lights Festival.

If you look quickly, you might mistake the ghost mantis for a dead leaf. Its decorative appearance is one of its best tools.

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 ...

These Arizona animals can harm or even kill a person with bites or stings. What to know about bark scorpions, black widows, ...

As they cling to leaf tips, newborn warty birch caterpillars produce vibrations that can ward off invaders approaching their ...

Preserved in amber, the wasp appears to have used a Venus flytrap-like structure on its body to grasp potential hosts.

Insects are the dominant form of animal life on our planet, providing humans and wildlife with pollination, food, and ...

Acquired resistance genes may allow bacteria to degrade or chemically modify antibiotics, rendering them ineffective. They ...

Discover how stressed bees exhibit pessimistic behavior and what this means for their decision-making and conservation ...

Skin flakes are hard to digest. It’s like eating hair, or feathers. So dust mites have powerful digestive enzymes to break the skin down. Those enzymes turn up in dust mite poop. And let’s just say ...

Activities of ticks, mosquitoes, chiggers and more start increasing in the spring. Here are tips for protecting yourself from ...