Flying ants and termites are often mistaken for each other during their flying stages. Even before they sprout wings, ants ...

Winged insects have been around for nearly 400 million years, and the evolution of flight in different insect species influences things like how insects flap their wings, ...

Both termites and flying ants, also called carpenter ants, can be big nuisances to homeowners. Both insects fly, gnaw through wood and can invade your home.

Tennessee is home to over a thousand insects, but a few are quite sizable. Discover the biggest insects that live in the ...

Sarracenia pitcher plants, found in eastern North America, look like trumpet-shaped flowers. But the “flowers” are modified leaves that form a cup containing digestive enzymes and entrap insects.

They are insects feeding on low-nutrient sap, but there they were — peeing in jets. It was one of those streams that had splashed against Challita's colleague that had made them all look up in ...

Periodical cicadas come out every 13 or 17 years — depending on their brood. As these red-eyed, winged insects pop up across different states, researchers have developed maps to help show when ...

What do June bugs look like? The adult June bug is about 1/2 inch to 1 inch long with a thick, oval-shaped body. Most June bugs are brown, ranging from a lighter reddish-brown to a brown so dark ...