These mantises live in the rainforests of Southeast Asia, where there is plenty of dead leaf litter to blend in with on the forest floor. This camouflage helps the mantis avoid being detected by its ...

Read more about beetles, in general, here. The stick insects (also known by many other names, including walking sticks, leaf insects, and ghost insects) are a vast order of insects that consists ...

Fall is mating season for spiders, and while their sudden movements can startle a gardener, try to remember: They are ...

The foreign insect (represented in the last figure) is sometimes called the walking-leaf, from the adaptation of its color to that of the leaves about it; but ottener, the praying mantis ...

Should you let your kids play in leaf piles? Here's what experts say. “During the fall, many insects find shelter beneath ...

John Watts is the director of the popular Butterfly House and Insectarium at Texas Discovery Gardens at Fair Park.

One of the most famous examples is the zombie ant fungus, Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, which is part of a larger group known ...

As humans drop off to sleep, the invisible world of moths comes to life. Across the planet, billions of the insects take flight on their nocturnal errands. Few places host more species than California ...

To track where the peak foliage is in Central Park, arborists update an interactive map. The most iconic locations to take in ...

Mulch comes in many shapes and forms and can be used in a variety of ways in your yard and garden. Here are some of the best ...

Come wintertime, they nestle among leaf litter, in foliage and in bark crevices. Your bug hotel may welcome more than just ladybirds ... People tell us they 'still get shivers walking through the ...

They have cataloged natural life online and have developed board games and walking tours to help people deepen their ...