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

Most spider species subdue dinner by injecting venom from their fangs. Feather-legged lace weavers swathe prey in silk, then upchuck a killing brew.

A new study suggests that bedbugs were the first urban pest, and their population thrived in that environment. For the ...

“The millipede genus Thyrophygus, (first described by) Pocock (in) 1894, is widely distributed across Thailand and Southeast Asia and currently comprises 67 recognized species, 46 of which are ...

Have you seen more ticks than usual lately in Delaware? You're not alone. Here's what's up with the state's tick population ...

Another strike against bug zappers is that they electrocute bugs with such force that some parts, like the hair, legs, or wings, can be blown off the body and completely vaporized. If these ...

The nematode, known to ecologists as Litylenchus crenatae mccannii and first discovered in 2012, causes beech leaf disease.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Another cicada invasion is here. The large Brood XIV, which emerges every 17 years, is making for a spectacular natural event as billions of periodical cicadas emerge across ...

A woman called 911 March 24 requesting that the city spray for what she called the invasion of insects. Dispatches advised her that 911 was not for calls about midges and gave her the non ...

a yellow-green insect with white and green stripes extending the length of its approximately three-fourths-inch body. Larvae have a brown head and fleshy leg-like appendages (called prolegs ...

I admit I am obsessed with the blue-footed booby. I saw the turquoise-accented avian for the first time on my recent reporting trip to the Galápagos — the Pacific volcanic islands some 600 ...

I admit I am obsessed with the blue-footed booby. I saw the turquoise-accented avian for the first time on my recent reporting trip to the Galápagos — the Pacific volcanic islands some 600 miles off ...