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 ...

If someone asked you to name a place with poisonous fauna, what would spring to mind? Perhaps Australia, with infamous snakes ...

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 ...

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

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 ...