Exploring anywhere on Earth, look closely and you’ll find insects. Check your backyard and you may see ants, beetles, crickets, wasps, mosquitoes and more. There are more kinds of insects than there ...

A: The short answer is that these small black bugs in the house that aren’t fruit flies could be a number of different types of insects, from gnats to ants to flies. While gnat bugs are technically a ...

Researchers have found traces of more than 400 different types of insects in a single tea bag using a new technique they have developed. The study's lead researcher, Professor Henrik Krehenwinkel, of ...

A teabag contains traces of DNA from insects and other animals that interacted with the plants before they were harvested and packaged. Tolga Akmen / AFP via Getty Images If the leaves from a tea bag ...

While we have been repeatedly informed that we need to ‘save the bees’ over the past decade or so, researchers from Sheffield’s School of Biosciences say there are two more pollinators we need to look ...

Concern about insect losses has grown steadily, but most evidence comes from small studies focused on certain species or ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — It's been a very cold start to 2024, with temperatures falling not just below freezing, but even below zero in some locations. However, could enduring these bone-chilling days pay ...

Tennessee is a beautiful, pastoral state full of sweeping grasslands, thick forests, and lush rivers. It’s also home to a large collection of creatures. Mammal-wise, the Volunteer State is home to ...

With the arrival of March, we are full of great ideas and optimism for the upcoming season. True gardeners know that, despite all of the plans we can make, there will be challenges along the way.

It’s a question we’ve all wondered at some point in our lives: why do insects spend their evenings swarming around and bopping into artificial lights? Scientists have now come up with an answer using ...

Iowa is seeing a bumper crop of bugs this summer, with flying and biting pests aplenty that are making the great outdoors much less great for humans. The state’s had a lot of rain in recent weeks and ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com. Exploring anywhere on Earth, look closely and ...