Scientists Are Tracking Worrying Declines in Insects—and the Birds That Feast on Them. Here’s What’s Being Done to Save Them Both In Vermont, researchers have investigated the types of ...

Answering more kids’ questions: Is a bug the same thing as an insect? Stink bugs, leaf-footed bugs and bed bugs are all true bugs – but lightningbugs are not.

To the editor: In Monday’s FDNM, I read one of the most fascinating and fantastical letters I have ever seen there. It was the one by Mr. Randy Griffen, and ...

Tick Takeover: Pleasure Beach Shuts Down For 2025 As Invasive Insects Overrun Shore Pleasure Beach, Bridgeport’s beloved shoreline getaway, is closed through the 2025 summer season after city ...

Coragen eVo insect control from FMC has received registration for use in California and Arizona in key specialty crops like tomatoes, leafy vegetables, brassica and fruiting vegetables. Coragen eVo ...

A new study reports public “disgust” in Western countries at insect protein, making it less viable as a meat replacement than plant-based alternatives. Previously, industrialized insect farming has ...

Plants I use to fight insects in vining vegetables are marigolds and radishes. They give off a scent that repels the most harmful insects that attack vining vegetables. We plant marigolds about 18 ...

Old termite mounds help support high insect biodiversity in tropical rainforests Abandoned termite mounds are a newly discovered microhabitat for diverse insect groups in both undisturbed rainforest ...

Together we share 9 ways to keep your kitchen garbage clean and insect-free in the summer. Because once it starts to smell and overripe fruit and vegetable waste ripens, it’s also a breeding ...

Paleontologists studying insects trapped in amber from 99 million years ago have made a remarkable discovery: an ant and a fly with parasitic fungi bursting from their bodies.