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

Q: After waiting for the "last storm" to materialize, I couldn't stand it and decided to break out the garden hose and water ...

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 ...

Today, it is sporting iridescent wings that sparkle like ball gowns ... Ethnoentomologists documented how the Diné (Navajo) ...

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 ...

When vertebrates moved onto land, long ago, some of them eventually became airborne, way after the insects did. There are ...

“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 ...

KK: For birds, keeping their plumage clean isn’t about good looks or vanity—it’s essential to their health. Feathers are ...

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 ...

Mississippi’s native subterranean termites have started swarming, according to officials. The structure-destroying insects ...

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