The estimate of 5.5 million species of insects is interesting. What’s even more remarkable is that because scientists have ...

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Modern-day parasitoids in the same superfamily—Chrysidoidea—include cuckoo wasps (which, as their name suggests, lay their eggs in the nests of their hosts) and bethylid wasps (which paralyze their ...

Glen Ellyn-based writer Cindy Crosby led a convocation on the insects Monday at Crispin Hall, hoping that attendees were ...

Most insects also have wings, although a few, like fleas, don’t. All have compound eyes, which means insects see very differently from the way people see. Instead of one lens per eye ...

“Termites are eating wood year round, but in the springtime is when the termite actually swarms,” said Natasha Wright, an entomologist at Braman Termite & Pest Elimination. “It produces a particular ...

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Did you know there is a wonderful place dedicated to all things hummingbirds called the Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History? It is a wonderful nature preserve in South Carolina that's not ...

The winning photographs highlight the diversity of animal and plant life in Britain as well as the often hidden behaviors of ...

A new 17-year brood is expected to appear in some states in the next few months, and some cicada enthusiasts are calling on ...

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Hummingbirds are tiny gems in our gardens. These minute birds hover almost magically and fill our gardens with iridescent ...