It’s hard to relax at home when you're seeing bugs and wonder if there are more lurking around the corner. That’s the reality for many people, as bugs are in the majority of homes. That’s why it’s ...

Ladybugs waking from hibernation might be Asian beetles; here's how to tell the difference.

After cold winters, invertebrates such as honeybees and paper wasps seem to disappear and then suddenly return in large ...

To assess the state of our creepier, crawlier neighbors, Figueroa and her graduate student, Wes Walsh, the paper’s lead ...

Researchers at the University of California Riverside found that bed bugs avoid water because it can block their breathing.

My pre-K students always jump at the opportunity to explore nature, and they also love digging into bugs. I previously assumed that lessons about insects were only possible in the springtime, but that ...

Water striders are the only insect that live entirely on the ocean’s surface. By some estimates, insects make up 80 percent of named animal species. They’re found all over the world and in all manner ...

The fading of insects from the world is not immediate. It is a slow and painful unraveling. Starting subtly, we will notice a little less honey, fewer strawberries in season, and tomatoes that seem ...

While many Westerners find the idea of eating beetles or crickets unappetizing, this view is actually a global outlier. For roughly two billion people worldwide, eating insects — known as entomophagy ...