The tiny beetle could scarcely have picked a worse human to fly into. Amateur entomologist Andrew Short was sitting on a ...

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Macroinvertebrates include snails and larvae of dragonflies, caddisflies, mayflies and stoneflies, among others. They can be ...

All creatures need water, and wasps are no exception. As these flying insects search for sources of water, they might be ...

A countryside charity has said it wants to create a "pollinator paradise" for bees, butterflies and other insects as part of ...

While its population is declining across the country, experts have a theory about the insect's recent resurgence here.

Fireflies are vulnerable to climate change and habitat loss. A few landscaping tricks and turning off porch lights can make a ...

Purple martins are gorgeous backyard birds, known for their iridescent feathers and mid-sky acrobatics. As North America’s ...

They bite, excrete acid, asphyxiate their prey and create huge super colonies that are hard to kill. What to know ...

Bees are essential to the health of the Earth’s ecosystems, but the populations of many species are dwindling. These ...

The cordyceps species in "The Last of Us," Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, is real and does exactly what the show purports —just ...