Exploring anywhere on Earth, look closely and you’ll find insects. Check your backyard and you may see ants, beetles, crickets, wasps, mosquitoes and more. There are more kinds of insects than there ...

Over the past few weeks, you may have noticed some unseasonable insects flying around, especially on the warm fall days that we have been having here in New Jersey. Maybe you were swarmed by gnats on ...

Did you know your lipstick might be made from beetles? Or that some cat food may soon be made from flies? All told, trillions of insects are farmed each year across the globe – more than all other ...

Researchers discover that insect sex systems influence the speed of mitochondrial evolution, impacting biodiversity tracking ...

The number of insect species is mind-boggling — and they are a critical part of the environment. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Around 100 trillion insects fly in the skies above the USA on a summer's day, according to estimates by researchers from the ...

Several gardeners I work with have recently expressed hope that the extreme cold temperatures and abundance of snow and ice that we have experienced the past few weeks in central Ohio will kill or ...

David Kuchta, Ph.D. has 10 years of experience in gardening and has read widely in environmental history and the energy transition. An environmental activist since the 1970s, he is also a historian, ...

Through pollination and feeding on all parts of plants, insects influence which plants thrive, which struggle, and even ...

During spring, summer and even fall in Massachusetts, there are a number of insects, ticks and related organisms that will readily bite or sting. The vast majority are harmless, however, even if they ...