Mosquitoes were discovered in Iceland for the first time, potentially ending the country's mosquito-free status, adding to ...

A type of Japanese dogsbane releases a scent identical to wounded ants’ distress signal, drawing in scavenging flies that unwittingly pollinate it.

NC State entomologists discuss the production of insects in media, and whether they are actually haunting this Halloween.

Bats can get a bad reputation, especially around Halloween when their imagery is used to spook and scare, but Westrich and ...

For all their benefits, the world's only flying mammals continue to be the subject of several myths. One misconception is that they all carry rabies. "The truth is that maybe less than a percent of ...

Going out to eat? See which Palm Beach County restaurants were rated best by inspectors, and which failed the test.

Dead trees also provide shelter for birds, such as six types of woodpeckers, owls, chickadees, bluebirds, wrens, nuthatches ...

A remarkable fossil discovery in China is rewriting our understanding of insect evolution. Scientists have identified a 151-million-year-old fly preserved in amber with features not seen in any modern ...

There are moments in history when two worlds—mechanical and musical—align in perfect pitch. One shaped by piston and polish, the other by hammer and string. When Bentley Motors and Steinway & Sons ...

A parasitic worm uses static electricity to launch itself onto flying insects, a mechanism uncovered by physicists and biologists at Emory and Berkeley. By generating opposite charges, the worm and ...

BERKELEY, Calif. — Parasitic worms smaller than a grain of sand have evolved their own version of a tractor beam. Scientists have discovered that these microscopic hunters propel themselves into the ...

A SPECIES of instinct thought to be extinct in Britain for almost a decade has been spotted. The discovery was made at the Cors Goch Nature Reserve on Anglesey in ...