Imagine a parasite that makes you live up to 10 times longer than you naturally would – while also inspiring others to treat ...

A moth caterpillar identified by the agribusiness sector as one of the most destructive pests of soybean, cotton and corn crops may harbor fungi and bacteria in its gut that can degrade expanded ...

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 they don't call home—the open ocean. An enduring ex ...

Armyworms cause severe damage to lawn grasses during outbreaks. Learn to identify armyworm caterpillars and the damage they ...

Mosquito eggs can survive for up to seven years without water before hatching when conditions become favourable, meaning this summer’s heavy rainfall has awakened years’ worth of dormant mosquito eggs ...

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.

Tornyol is a small autonomous drone system designed to detect mosquitoes by their wingbeat and intercept them during flight.

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

On June 3, the first case of the New World screwworm (NWS) was discovered in La Pryor, Texas, infecting a three-week-old calf. Since then, screwworm cases have continued to gradually rise. As of July ...

Grubs taking over your garden could leave you with plants that have damaged roots, but lavender could help to deter these ...