Hummingbirds bring vibrant life to any garden, but they also attract a range of predators and pests that can threaten their ...

Should you ever find yourself playing a trivia game on the topic of moths and butterflies, here are a few facts that might ...

Gardeners can protect their plants from common pests like aphids, whiteflies, and caterpillars using natural methods. Instead ...

Germany is exploring controversial defence research creating bioelectronic insects for surveillance. A startup, SWARM ...

When it comes to biodiversity, researchers and the public tend to focus on large-scale patterns. This overlooks a hidden but precious diversity: small, inconspicuous wasps, midges, flies, beetles and ...

A new study suggests that routine flea and tick treatments could expose native insects to high levels of toxins.

Flying insects are known to make a beeline for lights in the dark, as the saying goes, "like moths to a flame." Now, scientists have figured out why insects are so keen on light, but it's not because ...

It’s a question we’ve all wondered at some point in our lives: why do insects spend their evenings swarming around and bopping into artificial lights? Scientists have now come up with an answer using ...

She says when male and female insects look different, that is called sexual dimorphism – and this can happen in a variety of ...

A locust swarm likened to a “biblical plague” has hit Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote, prompting official ...