The number of monarch butterflies spending winter in the western U.S. dropped dramatically this year, despite moves to extend ...

Parasitoid wasps, belonging to the family Hymenoptera, deprive their insect and spider hosts of nutrition. These wasps ...

Dohr, Germany Info from Licensor: "My garden is designed in such a way that it offers many incentives for insects. One of my most important features is the feeding stations where I put out a sugary ...

A team of geologists, paleontologists, and climate scientists with members from institutions in Mexico, the U.S., and Spain ...

The world’s largest hornet, an invasive breed dubbed the “murder hornet” for its dangerous sting and ability to slaughter a ...

The progression of the species-jumping disease has been unprecedented, including the first-ever U.S. cases of infections in ...

Learn about one of the ocean's most iconic and captivating creatures in the world, the humpback whale. Read more on the blog.

Some biologists speculate that animals will get smaller with global warming to reduce heat stress. While this may be true of warm-blooded animals, what about exotherms like insects? Thanks to a ...

An ant that disappears into the forest floor, a bird that demands attention from mates—for these animals, an inky black ...

Swarms of parasitic wasps will descend upon Kona coffee farms this spring as a long-gestating plan to control an invasive ...

Dohr, Germany Info from Licensor: "Lothar Lenz and the life of wasps and honeybees - A summer in the Eifel My home is in the middle of the idyllic Eifel, surrounded by forests, meadows and fields. My ...

A velvet ant bite like “hot oil from the deep fryer” delivers an array of peptides that inflicts pain on insects and mammals alike.