Despite their similar appearance, cockroaches and water bugs are very different insects. Experts explain how to figure out ...

Bats hold some of the most jaw-dropping records in the entire animal kingdom, from the world's smallest mammal to creatures with wingspans wider than most people are tall. What makes these flying ...

"Amphibians seem to have the perfect weaponry to consume dangerous prey." ...

California is home to hundreds of species, most of whom benefit ecosystems through aeration, insect removal and seed ...

While about half of the trees studied between 2018 and 2024 died for unknown reasons, 22% were killed by insects, the study shows. Weather caused 13% of tree deaths, disease 9%, and the remainder were ...

Fireflies are putting on an especially dazzling show across central Ohio this summer due to the combination of a wet spring ...

A new study in PLOS Biology of 133 species of flies, mosquitoes and their relatives shows that most species fly in ...

Beetles constitute almost 25% of all known animal species – scientists just discovered two more.

Two striking Asian praying mantis species that have rapidly spread across Europe have now been officially classified as ...

Staff from the Big Island Invasive Species Committee reportedly found a coconut rhinoceros beetle at the Hilo International ...

Fireflies that flash synchronously were known from the Southeast U.S., but are now known from Pennsylvania's Allegheny Forest ...

Late summer is bug season. We get lots of calls in local Extension offices regarding insect identification and management.