The RSPB has issued a warning to gardeners, urging them to take action now to save disappearing species. The decline of insects has a massive implication for birds ...

Researchers have discovered a microscopic roundworm that uses electrostatic induction to launch itself onto flying insects.

Students at the University of Maryland trained a tiny drone to fly safely through tight spaces by mimicking the visual ...

What's up with those clouds of flying ants that come out after a desert rain storm? It's called a "mating swarm," and it's exactly what it sounds like.

Second, when I replaced the plants, I chose a wide variety of native species. Later, I found out that having a variety of ...

Spotted lanternflies – beautiful but destructive pests – are already flying around in nearly 20 states, and researchers think ...

Even creatures that live underwater, like sharks, are known to have a strong sense of smell. Sharks can detect scents that ...

A parasitic worm uses static electricity to launch itself onto flying insects, a mechanism uncovered by physicists and ...

Deep under the Jurassic rock beds of New South Wales, scientists discovered fossilized insects that push back the history of ...

Microscopic parasitic worms use static electricity to pull themselves toward flying insects, turning physics into a powerful ...

The new pesticide, based on the venom of a particular spider, kills common agricultural pests but leaves honeybees unharmed. (See “Honeybees in East Africa Resist Deadly Pathogens.”) The bee-friendly ...

Insects have long pollinated plants, but evidence of ancient pairing is rare. Fossils now show bees and linden trees goes back 24 million years.