This is the first time that a fossil thrips has been recorded anywhere in Africa, or the entire southern hemisphere.

Thrips are tiny insects - their sizes range between 0.5mm and 15mm in length and many are shorter than 5mm. But the damage they cause to crops is anything but small. A 2021 research paper found that ...

When vertebrates moved onto land, long ago, some of them eventually became airborne, way after the insects did. There are ...

Mar. 5, 2025 — A study sheds light on how extreme weather events impact phenological processes, specifically the flight period of butterflies and moths and the flowering time of plants, with ...

One of the loveliest spring-blooming trees on our property is the serviceberry, Amelanchier x grandiflora. It is a cultivar ...

Adult button quails are small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, and chicks are even smaller. This ground-dwelling ...

Homeowners can support insect populations by creating pollinator habitats in their yards, even small changes like planting a tree can help.

Millions of black and orange wings will flutter across the U.S. this spring, as the monarch butterflies make their annual ...

Nest boxes help many species of birds, including eastern bluebirds, tree swallows and wood ducks, by providing protection ...

NAGANO: Researchers at Shinshu University and another institution have developed an odour-detecting drone that uses antennae ...