"They dramatically affect people's livelihoods." Farmers combat apocalyptic swarm of insects with groundbreaking solution: 'A ...

Recent studies have shown that the larvae of some flies suffer from reduced pupation rates and are less likely to survive to adulthood once they’ve been exposed to psilocybin. Other experiments have ...

Immediate and decisive actions will better protect U.S. animal and public health.

For generations, Icelanders could boast of a rare natural privilege: a cool, damp climate with no mosquitoes at all. That ...

The study also suggested that the insects were playing a role in the increase of Zika virus and other illnesses in humans.

"Some of them will simply shake their bodies. Some insects will scrape little plates on the inside of their body, kind of like a grasshopper might. But they can also be used to send vibrations through ...

"Scientists have overlooked this species for so long," said Kyushu University entomologist Ryōta Seki in a statement.

The researchers found that caterpillars perceive both, though they had a 10- to 100-fold greater reaction to airborne sound ...

“Insect herbivores have long been known to accumulate plant defense metabolites from their diet as defenses against their own ...

Saad Bhamla and his research group have been studying the behaviour of an ‘extraordinary zoo’ of organisms, hoping to find ...

Termites did not evolve complex societies by adding new genetic features. Instead, scientists found that they became more ...

In India’s harsh deserts, spiny-tailed lizards subtly change diets with seasons, storing energy for winter and shifting food ...