Deep-diving insect larvae are challenging a long-held idea about why there are almost no insects in the ocean, thanks to sturdy air sacs. In Lake Malawi in East Africa, billions of lake fly larvae ...

Insects are everywhere: from fruit flies to ants to bees to cockroaches, they are seemingly inescapable. The paper eliminates a popular theory as to why insects can’t live in oceans—namely that ...

Like it or not, insects are everywhere, including places where you may not want them to be. Yet there is one environment that ...

Flies are a frequent nuisance in summer, especially in gardens and patios. One expert has revealed a simple trick to keep ...

By Tom Polansek and Heather Schlitz KERRVILLE, Texas, July 23 (Reuters) - At a U.S.-funded facility in Panama, scientists are preparing to launch the first outdoor tests of genetically modified ...

Deep-diving insect larvae are challenging a long-held idea about why there are no insects in the ocean, thanks to adaptable air sacs.

Scientists are preparing to release genetically modified "NovoFly" insects in Panama to combat the flesh-eating New World screwworm, a parasite threatening livestock across North and Central America.

Screwworms are back and spreading in Texas. The pests were successfully eradicated from the United States in 1966. How? Using the sterile insect technique whereby 20 billion irradiated screwworm flies ...

If the eggs are confirmed to be those of the winsome fly, it could help control the population of the destructive Japanese ...

Pest control expert says one food can act as a natural fly and mosquito repellent in your garden.

The Seychelles sheath-tailed bat (Coleura seychellensis) is one of the rarest bats on Earth and the only bat species found ...

When the grill is hot and the backyard is full of guests, the last thing you want to see is ants marching across the picnic ...