A mouse scurrying around the house is cause for alarm since they can carry disease. Do the mothballs in your closet keep mice ...

Through pollination and feeding on all parts of plants, insects influence which plants thrive, which struggle, and even ...

“They are an indicator species which lets us know that the environment is doing well where we are,” she says. “When we have ...

“You may already have a lot of plants that attract the insects that bats need to feed from, things like ox-eye daisies, ...

One study from 2015, found that 70% of gifts are duds. No matter. The wrapping keeps the female occupied as the male mounts ...

Winter is a great time for stargazing. Long dark nights are perfect for spying constellations, planets and even the odd satellite. But you can also find a satellite much closer to home. This one’s ...

This year’s top titles run the gamut and include an adaption of a Korean folk tale, a highly entertaining question-and-answer book and much more ...

In Vermont, researchers have investigated the types of creepy, crawly bugs that their avian predators consume and may have found the answers to keeping them both alive A veery gets ready to rise into ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Have you been noticing an influx of small, annoying flying insects in your home recently? Mark VanderWerp is a board-certified entomologist and Manager of Education and Training ...

It was a balmy day in Del Rio, a Texas border town about 170 miles west of San Antonio, when a citizen conservationist looking for wildlife stumbled upon a striking rust and orange caterpillar with ...