Stink bugs get an understandably bad rap, thanks to their smelly defense mechanism. Here's how to identify the harmful ones ...

Pesticide safety is extremely important. If the directions on the label are followed, both the applicator and the environment ...

Through pollination and feeding on all parts of plants, insects influence which plants thrive, which struggle, and even ...

USC is implementing additional food safety measures after students shared videos showing maggots and other bugs they say were found in meals at campus dining halls. USC’s Annenberg Media reported ...

Spotted lanternflies have spread to nearly 20 states since 2014. Caitlyn Johnstone / Chesapeake Bay Program via Flickr under CC BY-NC 2.0 Ever since they first arrived in America in 2014, invasive ...

The Post Falls City Council meeting ended on a fowl note Tuesday night as city officials asked staff to look into possible revisions of the regulations concerning duck ownership in the city limits.

We all want to protect our veggies and fruits from pesky garden pests that ruin crops and spread diseases. While chemical control methods are the go-to option these days, experts agree that natural ...

Eating a blend of non-toxic corn and genetically modified toxic corn can result in corn earworm pests (Helicoverpa zea) developing longer, more narrow and more tapered wings – shaped like the wings of ...

It takes Mandela Fernández-Grandon 15 minutes to train a hoverfly, a harmless wasp look-alike. The entomologist at the University of Greenwich, UK, immobilises each tiny insect in a cocoon-like holder ...

Insect bites differ from insect stings. A bite is when an insect (like a mosquito, flea, or bedbug) uses its mouth to break a person’s skin, usually so it can feed. Insect bites usually itch. A sting ...

Humans have been eating insects for millennia, but despite the uncomfortable feelings a bug-based diet might evoke in cultures not used to their consumption, they could form a vital part of future ...

In Vermont, researchers have investigated the types of creepy, crawly bugs that their avian predators consume and may have found the answers to keeping them both alive A veery gets ready to rise into ...