Animals are disappearing from the planet at an alarming rate. Each day, an estimated 200 species go extinct. Some of the ...
The titan beetle (Titanus giganteus) may just be the insect equivalent of a giant, flawless diamond. The species has a ...
Hawaiʻi County continues to ask residents and businesses to help stop the spread of the destructive invasive coconut rhinoceros beetle by avoiding the transport of beetle host materials within parts ...
According to a new study by the University of Würzburg, Bavarian meadows are the most monotonous insect habitats.
The Ohio Department of Agriculture issued a statewide quarantine for the invasive spotted lanternfly effective immediately.
A new study from Caltech explores the remarkable way a SoCal beetle infiltrates the colonies of the ant that runs the show in ...
It was as if Pixar was trying to make a version of Ocean’s 11. In the town of Tinsukia in the Indian state of Assam, ...
U.S. District Judge Audrey Fleissig issued the 15‑page order Feb. 13, allowing the case — first filed in 2017 — to proceed as a settlement class action.
Rove beetles cloak themselves in ant pheromones to sneak into the insects’ nests for protection. But in an odd catch-22, that makes them forever reliant on their hosts ...
Every living organism has its own genetic "blueprint": the source code for how it grows, functions and reproduces. This blueprint is known as a genome. When scientists sequence a genome, they identify ...
A new study published in the journal Urban Ecosystems has revealed that the common black garden ant (Lasius niger) behaves differently depending on whether it lives in a bustling city or the quiet ...
In 2023, Massachusetts made national history. Gov. Maura Healey signed Executive Order 618, committing Massachusetts to set biodiversity conservation goals to protect land and water, restore critical ...