There's been an exciting new discovery in the fight against plastic pollution: mealworm larvae that are capable of consuming ...

Scientists believe they have found a quirky way to fight mosquito-spread diseases such as dengue, yellow fever and Zika - by ...

Keep an eye out for the signals listed below. Yellow jackets can become aggressive if something disturbs their nests. If you notice these insects swarming or acting defensively when you approach ...

Did you know that there are ten quintillion—or 10,000,000,000,000,000,000—individual insects on the planet? That means that for each and every one of us humans, there are 1.25 billion insects hopping, ...

Having the genome sequences of yellow jacket wasps expands biologists' understanding of the behaviors and evolution of social insects, including the intricacies of the caste system made up of ...

The imperial moths, those large, bright yellow insects with symmetrical patterns of purple spots and stripes on both wings. The value of insects Entomology studies insects, as well as their ...

In the 2008 film “Twilight,” a vampire describes the scent of blood as being “like a drug.” While in the world of fantasy, ...

A team of researchers from the University of California says deafening male insects makes them unable to mate and reproduce.

Move out of the way, stink bugs—there’s a new fall bug in town. Well, not just one bug. A couple of them. The invasion of brown marmorated stink bugs is a clear indication of fall.

“Boxelder bugs are a little creepy and seem to appear ... Female trees produce small, green-yellow flowers in spring. The best way to identify them is to examine their leaves and seeds on ...

Their use case: the yellow mealworm beetle. Fighting disease effectively on an insect farm requires fast, cost-effective action. The culture-based testing methods that are currently common cannot ...