When I spotted a scale insect on a leaf of my Thai lime tree recently, I sighed. It’s only December; sometimes they show up ...

When most people see a leafhopper in their backyard garden, they notice little more than a tiny green or striped insect flicking from leaf to leaf. But these insects are actually master engineers, ...

A 301 mg soft robot jumps continuously under constant light without batteries or electronics, using snap-through buckling and self-shadowing to create an autonomous feedback loop. (Nanowerk Spotlight) ...

Q: I planted a persimmon about a year ago. I've watered it every day. It isn't dying, but it's also not growing. The roots are all coiled around. How can I remedy things so it will start to grow? A: ...

Prunella Scales, the actress best known for playing Sybil Fawlty, the intimidating hotel manager wife of John Cleese‘s Basil on the iconic ’70s British sitcom “Fawlty Towers,” died on Monday. She was ...

Residents in Mount Prospect have been wondering about a sticky black soot-like substance coating their outdoor surfaces. Turns out, it's actually secretions from a bug. The stick residue has been ...

As an emerging frontier in biomimetic intelligent microsystems, insect-scale flapping-wing micro aerial vehicles (FWMAVs) demonstrate significant application potential due to their exceptional ...

I hate to break it to you, but just like your calendar can’t tell you the best time to harvest, it won’t provide you with the perfect date to attack the pests waging war on your plants. Timing ...

In a remote rainforest in Australia, home to deadly snakes, spiders and creepy-crawlies, scientists have discovered a new species of stick insect they believe is the heaviest ever found in the country ...