Is it a bird or a bug? The answer is neither! Ladybirds or ladybugs are beautiful beetles that are a great help in the garden, where they can eat up to 100 aphids per day. This week's critter is the ...

The Earth is home to an incredible diversity of bird species, living in practically every habitat, from the open oceans to the arid deserts. In some parts of the world, these animals have adapted and ...

Orange, spotted and smelly: three adjectives that could describe the Asian lady beetle. It's an invasive species that New Brunswickers have become familiar with, especially after the recent bout ...

Leonardo DiCaprio is a snake. A newly discovered species of a toothy snake in the Western Himalayas has been named in the actor’s honor, according to an “ongoing study” published in the ...

This species is the Asian lady beetle. These bugs prefer to spend winter indoors next to the fire, but they cause much headache when they do. Here is all you need to know about the invasive ...

The biology professor is not the only one noticing plenty of Asian lady beetles, which resemble a ladybug but have a slightly orange tint and a white head. The invasive species often gravitate ...

Our ancient evolutionary cousins on Flores represent a unique lineage who lived during a time multiple human species were spreading to different parts of our planet, and this enigmatic relative of ...

The discovery comes from a fossil of an ancient firefly species that was initially discovered in 2016, trapped in 99 million-year-old Burmese amber from northern Myanmar. The beetle is only the ...

Hawaii is stepping up its efforts to stop the spread of the coconut rhinoceros beetle, an invasive species that "jeopardizes the economy, the entire ecosystem, agriculture and food security ...

Small beetles are invading homes across Kentucky. They look like native ladybugs, however, Asian lady beetles can be slightly larger and come in various shades of red and orange. Another way to ...

Hawaii is ramping up its efforts to stop the spread of coconut rhinoceros beetles, an invasive species that has expanded its presence drastically since first being detected in the state a decade ago.

The idea of a species is fundamental to the way that many people understand the structure of life on Earth. But ask 10 specialists how they define the concept and you might get 10 answers. In this ...