California has a way of exaggerating things—mountains, deserts, and egos. But its insects? They take excess to another level.

Bats get a bad rap. They’re tied to Halloween decorations, vampire legends, and the occasional panicked reaction when one ...

Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, Ajou University in South Korea, and the Georgia Institute of ...

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship says someone in Des Moines County found an adult spotted lanternfly ...

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship confirmed last week that the invasive spotted lanternfly has been ...

A scientist has named a newly discovered butterfly species after a Ukrainian refugee killed on a light rail in Charlotte, ...

Gelastyrella vuquangensis, or the Vu Quang planthopper, was found near the Khe Chè station of Vu Quang National Park perched on a tree in July 2023, according to a study published Oct. 24 in the ...

A butterfly species has been named after Iryna Zarutska, the 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee who was stabbed on a train in Charlotte, North Carolina, in August. Zarutska, 23, fled the war in Ukraine and ...

The weirdest-looking moths on Earth are so strange, they look like they flew straight out of a vivid dream — or a nightmare.

Fall is in full swing now and it is a treat. Leaves turn from green into bright reds, oranges, and yellows before falling to ...

From amphibians that control mosquitoes to insects that aid in decomposition, who knew there were helpful tenants taking up ...