Swarms of Mormon crickets are making their way through Southeast Idaho on their migratory routes, with insects spotted in ...

Some ants take herding to a new level by “farming” other insects. Aphids, the small, sap-sucking bugs, are herded and cared for by certain ant species just as humans herd cattle.

The Trump administration plans to breed billions of flies to airdrop over Mexico and southern Texas in an effort to stamp out the New World Screwworm (NWS). Why it matters: This highly destructive, ...

The U.S. government plans to open what amounts to a fly factory by the end of the year to breed millions of the insects in ...

A first-ever collaboration between the National Gallery of Art and the Smithsonian examines the birth of natural history.

I grew up on a small farm in central Pennsylvania with a small herd of cattle, pigs and chickens, but my folks weren’t real farmers. My father was an insurance agent and my mother a homemaker.

The US government is poised to open an unusual new facility in Texas by the end of the year: a "fly factory" designed to combat a flesh-eating parasite threatening American cattle.

Reaching herd immunity means each infected person can infect only one other person or fewer, on average. That means, at the high end of the measles range, you’d need to prevent 17 of 18 ...

A lone Tyrannosaurus rex sniffs the humid Cretaceous air, scenting a herd of Triceratops grazing beyond the tree line. As the predator scans the floodplain, its vision suddenly snaps into focus. A ...

A calf is lassoed as Sámi people herd reindeer for the annual marking of the calves. Much has changed already. Ingemar Israellson, 73, is the oldest person at the calf marking and has been a ...

After capturing attention with their instinctual “protective circle” during an earthquake in April, the African elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park are making headlines again — t… ...

A herd of elephants at the San Diego Zoo acted on instinct and formed an “alert circle” around their young to protect the calves against the earthquake that rattled Southern California on ...