Certain parasitic fungi in the genus Ophiocordyceps infect insects and alter their behavior in ways that benefit fungal ...

Exterminators keep getting calls for a reason. Wood-devouring insects, such as beetles, termites, and carpenter ants, are constantly chewing through walls or infecting trees and breaking them down.

There's more than just noise passing between the trillions of periodical cicadas that have emerged in the U.S. this year. For some of those insects, there is also the chance of getting a sexually ...

Turns out humans, aren’t the only creature that can ride the psychedelic wave that comes with ingesting fungus. Except the side effects for cicadas, a flying pest, are quite deadly. We are talking a ...

Many plants and crops rely on insects to pollinate them so they can reproduce. A new study has shown that several flowering plants from the group Euonymus are pollinated by fungus gnats, a dipteran ...

Colletotrichum fioriniae fungus, meanwhile, is a problem of a different kind. Among other things, it causes plants' fruit to rot, resulting in drastically reduced yields. Not only would people not ...

A Carolina leaf-roller cricket infected with Cordyceps, the so-called “zombie fungus,” found at Betley Woods at Glacier’s End in southern Johnson County during the summer. The fungus, which takes over ...

Taxonomic families include different genera — or plural of genus — which themselves include different species. Scientists classify organisms into these taxonomic groups to better understand how they ...

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) combines various methods to control garden pests and diseases, minimizing risks. Cultural controls involve good gardening practices to prevent pest and disease issues.