New World screwworm is a parasitic blowfly known to lay its eggs in the wound of an animal. The larvae will kill the animal ...

A new study from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute used a robot to mimic common big-eared bats' echolocation skills ...

Scientists built a robot to help explain how a tropical bat spots insects perched on leaves using echolocation, a highly sophisticated behavior that requires precise, split-second decision-making on ...

Her obsession with dragonflies began with the Marshall fire that destroyed her home in 2021. Sarah Nalley, who did her undergraduate work in evolutionary biology, already planned to dedicate her ...

COLORADO, USA — Dragonflies have been around for hundreds of millions of years and are one of the oldest insect groups on earth. The flying creatures have survived just about everything. But new ...

Mosquitoes don’t suck blood to feed. They suck blood to breed. Breed, they have – and migrated, too – said Seth Foster, Animas Mosquito Control District manager. “I always find that insulting when I ...

So often we associate our gardens with color, scent and design, but it is also a created habitat for many animals, insects and reptiles. This past week I witnessed an incredible number of one of these ...

Summertime comes with lengthy days, warm sunshine, beach visits, and beautiful greenery in the forest. However, summertime also comes with mosquitos, biting flies, and other insects that we consider ...

Mosquitoes can certainly ruin a cookout, pool party, or summer soiree fast, but they’re not equal-opportunity annoyances: Some folks bear the brunt of the biting and buzzing, while others remain ...

Mid-summer is high season for flying insects. Japanese beetles eating the daisies, butterflies fluttering above them, relentless greenhead flies attacking right through socks followed up by swarms of ...