What can a tiny wasp with a rather gruesome parasitic life cycle teach us about evolution, behavior and human developmental ...

You might not guess it, but toads are surprisingly adept diggers. Despite their squat, bumpy bodies, toads are surprisingly ...

Plant scientists have used a standard "gene gun" since 1988 to genetically modify crops for better yield, nutrition, pest ...

The Hadejia Wetlands National Park in northwestern Nigeria is a vital ecological treasure, designated as both a globally ...

Leading civil resistance scholars Erica Chenoweth and Zoe Marks have described the need for a “large-scale, multiracial, cross-class, pro-democracy front.” And Maria Stephan, writing for Just Foreign ...

Viewers on social media rushed to poke fun at the photo of ants piling debris around a poison trap to outsmart their captor.

Annual cold snaps have kept some invasive tree pests in check, but outbreaks could become more common with warming ...

The majority of insects are considered beneficial or harmless. Of course, those are the ones we want to have hanging around.

If you garden without pesticides, one of the best ways to manage pests is by keeping your plants healthy and encouraging backyard biodiversity to attract beneficial insects. At my house, I have a ...

Many of the UK’s bird species are in serious decline, largely due to habitat destruction and the collapse of food chains ...

Lettuce, spinach, and chamomile all make wonderful companions for beets because they grow quickly and offer additional ...