November 5, 2024 Nancy Mellen Hingham is proud of being a “Tree Town,” and it should be. Unfortunately, we now need to ...

Seventeen new species of plant bugs—a group of insects with a strawlike mouth used to feed on plant and animal matter—have ...

Last week I wrote about the October caddis flies that have been active on the lower Shoshone River below the power plant ...

What will the diets of the future look like? The answer depends in part on what foods Westerners can be persuaded to eat.

Incorporating flowers that attract pollinators while repelling pests can boost your garden’s health naturally. Here are 15 beautiful blooms that invite beneficial insects and help keep unwanted ones ...

A parasitic fungus takes over the brains of flies and controls them for its own sinister ends. Here’s the science behind the ...

In the game of evolution, key behavioral adaptations that confer fitness in survival and reproduction, paying tremendous ...

“The real benefit is the microbes from the gut of the larvae. It’s a whole ecosystem that’s evolved with plants.” Insects ...

Do mosquito-repellent plants really work? B uzzing past your ear as you lounge on the patio, leaving welts on your kids’ ...