Heat the water in a microwaveable measuring cup until it is near boiling. This will help the essential oils disperse ...

You know bees are beneficial, but you might not know about another beneficial flying insect. Find out what it is and why you ...

Well, okay, you can call them bugs, or more precisely, not-quite-bugs (making the assumption for this article that bugs are adult insects or arachnoids). Small beasts other than insects and ...

Leaf miners are just one of the many pests that affect our gardens. The two leaf miner types most often found in Marin are ...

David Cronenberg’s 1986 remake of The Fly is a masterwork of body horror cinema. 1989’s The Fly II isn’t, but it’s deserving ...

Countless diseases and life-threatening pests have been eradicated worldwide. When what was once eradicated makes a comeback, though, there is cause for concern both for social and economic reasons. A ...

Mouth larvae, or oral myiasis, is a rare but concerning condition arising from poor oral hygiene or compromised health, ...

Inside the larvarium, a custom-built, temperature-controlled greenhouse, black soldier flies are nurtured with scientific ...

Last summer, a swarm of dragonflies descended on beachgoers at Misquamicut Beach in Rhode Island, causing some to flee the ...

Galls on oak leaves are harmless growths caused by specific insects. They have different shapes depending on the insect species causing the gall.

What makes the larvae of this fly peculiar and deadly is that it feeds on the tissue of living animals rather than dead ones through small cuts found on their flesh.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today provided an update on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) ongoing partnership with Mexico to combat the ...