Research from the University of Warwick has revealed that butterfly caterpillars use sophisticated rhythmic signals to communicate with ants, helping them gain protection, food, and access to ant ...

The Triatominae, or kissing bug, carries a parasite in its feces that can enter the body through the wound once a person ...

WITH temperatures set to soar to 50 degrees on the streets of Dubai, granddad John Murphy believes his days are numbered. “I’m staring death in the face,” the British Army veteran, 59, tells ...

Some students were sent home and other were removed from a classroom after a second instance of bed bugs was identified at Charlotte High School.

Living in urban China may have given the insects the traits they needed to thrive in the United States, a new study suggests.

This leaf beetle looks amazing, but does like to chomp through - yes you guessed it - asparagus plants. Asparagus beetles, or ...

Humans tend to fear bed bugs, and rightly so. The bloodsuckers are tough to get rid of once they've entered a home. But new ...

The famous synchronized fireflies are just one of many types of insects that fall under the purview of national park ...

Discover how pill bugs breathe with gill-like lungs, why they love damp places, and what happens when they dry out.

Louisiana State University AgCenter researchers identified the pasture mealybug in Vermilion and Iberia parishes toward the end of last year. Crop consultants first saw the trouble when sugarcane ...

Bed bugs did not evolve to target humans by accident, but through a long process of adaptation tied closely to human behavior. As people moved into permanent shelters, these insects shifted hosts and ...