The Great North American desert is a vast, forbidding region that stretches from Oregon and Idaho southward down the west side of the continent into the northern territories of Mexico. It is a ...

Some desert insects have truly unique defensive behaviors. Such is the case of the pinacate beetle, Eleodes obscurus, shown here. These common darkling beetles are also known as "clown beetles ...

Harvester ants are beneficial to the desert in many ways. They sometimes, although rarely, invade homes, looking for food and water. Ants, I've been told, breathe through their feet.

Desert ants of the Cataglyphis nodus species use the Earth's magnetic field for spatial orientation, but these tiny insects rely on a different component of the field than other insects, a ...

We’ve only just begun to understand the scale and complexity of insect migration,” said Dr. Werber. “It’s a natural wonder ...

A study conducted at the University of Haifa has found that more than 700 million migratory insects cross northern Israel ...

Insects leave scant DNA behind, and little of it is preserved over thousands of years. However, a Purdue University scientist has developed a novel way to use extraction methods previously reserved ...

Q. Most of the leaves on our desert rose plants have white spots. Could this be a fungus, and what is a control? A. The white spots look like they could be the growth from a fungus – but each… ...

• Desert locusts are wreaking havoc around the country, prompting aerial spraying of pesticides • Useful insects at risk include bees, ladybugs, lacewings, dragonflies and earthworms ...