Insects play an essential role in the planet. David Attenborough once said the world’s ecosystems would collapse if all the bees, wasps, ants, flies and others were to disappear Ladybirds (bóín Dé in ...

In a world facing growing food security challenges, insects represent a nutritional goldmine that billions of people have been harvesting for millennia. Yet, the mere suggestion of eating a cricket or ...

Parasitoid insects, unlike parasites, kill their hosts by consuming them during their larval stage. Most parasitoids are small wasps and flies, and they infect a wide range of insects and arachnids.

Insects are fascinating and highly diverse animals who far too often are written off as pests and nuisances whose lives are totally disposable. However, their global presence and ubiquity are ...

Flying insects were seen after record-breaking rain fell on Thursday, June 12, 2025. (Copyright 2025 by KSAT - All rights reserved.) SAN ANTONIO – Following the ...

Curious about why - and how - you should attract beneficial insects to the garden? Learn how in this post. As any gardener will tell you, insects are a crucial part of the growing cycle for many ...

Insects are crucial for the health of nature, whereas humans are not. And since insects are ‘dropping like flies’, does loss of insects mean nature is collapsing? That question of whether nature is ...

More than half of all known animal species on Earth are insects — critters with a hard external skeleton, three pairs of jointed legs, antennae and a body divided into three segments (the head, thorax ...

We’ve all seen insects swarm towards a source of light at night like, well, like a moth to a flame. Notably, insects seem to only be attracted to artificial light sources. It’s not like they fly ...