The carpet beetle doesn’t actually eat carpet fibers — its larvae do. The larvae not only eat carpets, but clothing and upholstery if they are made of natural fibers such as wool or cotton.

Spiders aren't the only 8-legged animal found in nature. There are other animals, mainly arachnids, that have eight legs.

Summer won't officially start until June 20, but Texas pests might have missed the memo. Insects and arachnids have started to become a bother for Texans. While some are innocent in nature, others can ...

A rare species of synchronous firefly put on a dazzling light show at Congaree National Park each year. But various threats ...

If you’ve noticed brown, dead or discolored patches around your lawn, this might be a sign of grubs.

Carpet beetles are common pests found in homes. They are responsible for more damage to carpets, rugs, and other woolens than clothes moths (Figure 1). Four species of carpet beetles are commonly ...

Growths on plants formed by parasitic weevils help their offspring hunker down on a Brazilian savanna and outlast the flames.

Oil made from beetle larvae is used as a traditional remedy in Brazil’s Marajó Archipelago, and is gaining scientific recognition for its medicinal and economic potential. Researchers are ...

In their paper published in the journal Ecology, the group describes how they discovered weevil larvae alive in some of the galls on Solanum lycocarpum plants after a fire on a farm in Minas ...

See photos of the best red carpet looks and outfits from the Cannes Film Festival 2025 and amfAR Gala Cannes 2025 red carpet, including celebrities like Lauren Sánchez, Heidi Klum and Halle Berry ...

Aubrey Plaza made her first return to the red carpet since her husband Jeff Baena’s death at the Cannes Film Festival for the premiere of her upcoming film, “Honey Don’t!” The “Parks and ...

But, in New York – a city where nothing shocks anyone anymore – a street performance artist named “Kevin Carpet” has raised eyebrows for forcing people to do exactly that. His art?