BURBANK, Calif. -- Tim Plunkett, of Woodland Hills, takes turmeric to reduce inflammation, but a recent report on what else might be in the bottle turned his stomach. "The sample that they found, I ...

Insects are everywhere, crawling across sidewalks, hanging out in our gardens, and even invading our homes. Despite ...

MOORHEAD — The emerald ash borer has reached Moorhead. This wood boring insect, native to Asia, has killed hundreds of millions of ash trees throughout 36 states since it was first discovered in the U ...

Unlike flies that target manure or dead tissue, the New World screwworm lays eggs in living animals. When those eggs hatch, ...

Insects are strange, wondrous beings. Butterflies can see parts of the light spectrum that are invisible to human eyes and use these ultraviolet patterns to find their way to tasty plants. Moths use ...

Paleontologists, including researchers from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MfN), have described the oldest insect larval feeding tunnels inside leaves, also known as leaf mines, along with ...

A new invasive insect is emerging in Central Ohio, and state officials want to know if you see one. Elm zigzag sawfly adults were trapped in Delaware County the week of April 15, according to the Ohio ...

Hundreds of pests were found inside a package of fake flowers at a New York City airport, officials say. Giorgio Trovato via Unsplash A bundle of flowers in a package shipped to the U.S. was fake — ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. But just as we are starting to understand insect senses, something is shifting in the ...