A team led by Penn State researchers identified 22 new species of gall wasps, naming them after famous thieves. This ...

Employing a library of more than 1,000 chemicals, scientists investigated how agrochemicals affect insect populations. The scientists found that exposure to non-fatal amounts of 57 percent of the ...

Few people are fans of stink bugs, mosquitoes, or boll weevils, but insects play a key role in the circle of life that makes ...

Nikon Small World photomicrography contest is an annual reminder that science can be beautiful as well as informative.

Hornets are a type of wasp, but not all wasps are hornets. These flying insects live in many climates. Their closest relative is the yellow jacket. They look so similar; they are easy to confuse.

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Celebrating its golden anniversary, Nikon Small World honors a stunning photo of brain tumor cell structures, advancing our ...

Moldovans vote narrowly to push on with EU membership and reject keeping close ties to Russia. Sunday's presidential election is seen as a vote on whether the country looks east to Russia or west ...

An army of beneficial bugs is fighting the bad bugs that gnaw on your vegetables, protecting the borders of the largest ...

Europe’s top human rights court ruled on Tuesday that Cyprus violated the right of two Syrian nationals to seek asylum in the ...

So conservationists embarked on a biological control project, using a small parasitic wasp Microterys nietneri that was found to be successful in controlling the scale insect, without having adverse ...