The further south you go, the bigger the bugs. Heat has a dramatic effect on the growth rate of some species, and North ...

Critters This Flesh-Eating Beetle Is Probably in Your Home But relax—more than likely, it’s just chowing down on your favorite sweater.

A gleaming metallic body and a secretive lifestyle: meet the rare Eurythyrea quercus, a wood-boring jewel beetle found in ...

Scientific studies show us that the biodiversity, health and functioning ecosystems within a garden will benefit from ants.

Researchers from the University of Florida Emerging Pathogens Institute and Texas A&M University recently gathered their ...

With its ample vegetation and hot, humid temperatures, Alabama is the perfect nesting ground for a wide variety of creatures. Suffice it to say that there are also some pretty big insects lurking in ...

An entomologist describes how the sap-sucking insects can weaken grapevines and reduce fruit yield and quality.

But these wood-eating bugs are a key part of many environments, freeing up nutrients contained in dead plants. They are one of the best organisms at breaking down large amounts of wood, and ...

Home makers, not homewreckers Termites might have a public reputation as homewreckers. But these wood-eating bugs are a key part of many environments, freeing up nutrients contained in dead plants.

The federal government plans to combat flesh-eating maggots threatening U.S. livestock by dropping millions of sterile flies ...

Aside from when you use them for drainage, generally having untreated lumber anywhere around your container garden can attract wood-eating pests. Insects like termites or carpenter ants can cause ...

Avoid handling them, as this and other species can produce defensive cyanide-containing secretions if they feel threatened from predators.