Manu Prakash works on the world’s most urgent problems and seemingly frivolous questions at the same time. They add up to a ...

Once temperatures and moisture levels line up, the province's most infamous summer pest will return in full force. Dr. Bryan ...

From fleas to mosquitoes, there's no shortage of organisms we like to consider pests – and, not surprisingly, the majority ...

Common bedbugs experienced a dramatic jump in population size about 13,000 years ago, around the time humans congregated in the first cities.

Discover the fascinating and terrifying world of the deadliest 100 insects on Earth in this in-depth video guide. From venomous stings to disease-carrying bites, these insects pose significant dangers ...

Farmers using compost extracts are seeing promise in reducing nitrogen use and increasing microbial diversity, which may lead ...

Could Earth’s very first insects have arrived on ancient meteorites? Some scientists believe the building blocks of insect life or even early life forms themselves may have traveled through space on ...

Pressed into a piece of rock is the flattened, 47 million-year-old body of a cicada. Measuring about 1 inch (26.5 millimeters ...

INSECTS do not usually give us humans too much concern. However, if one studies even a tiny bit of natural history topics ...

Fragments of West Nile Virus have been identified in mosquitoes collected in the UK for the first time, according to a UK ...

Brood XIV, one of the largest broods of 17-year periodical cicadas, is emerging from the soil in massive numbers with their signature buzzing chorus.

Mosquito bites are irritating at best and vectors for disease at worst. Depending on what country you are in, they can ...