Insects bite, sting, irritate, and can transmit disease — but they also pollinate flowers, contributing significantly to food production. Are they friends or foes? Join McHenry County College’s next ...

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - Pre-K students at Crockett Elementary were able to get an up-close look at some creepy-crawlies recently. The kids were visited by Texas A&M Forest Service entomologists who ...

More than 1,000 third graders from across Tulsa spent Thursday learning about insects up close during the Exploring Insects event hosted by Tulsa Master Gardeners and OSU at Expo Square. TULSA, Okla. ...

Melissa Breyer was Treehugger’s senior editorial director before moving to Martha Stewart. Her writing and photography have been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, ...

Attendees handle walking stick bugs at the Bohart Museum on Picnic Day. (Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis) Insects are the most diverse group of animals. In fact, they outnumber all other life forms on Earth ...

Entomologists say insects are declining at alarming rates — one major study estimates we’re losing 2% in total insect biomass every year. Now, the National Academy of Sciences is preparing to embark ...

Nearly 17 percent, or 22.5 million square kilometers, of the world’s land now falls within protected areas. Countries have established laws that safeguard these parcels of land—or in some cases, ...

The chemical DEET works—but only until it doesn't.

I wrote my first story — on my own just because I wanted to — when I was 7 years old and in second grade. Ten years later, at 17 years old and a student in my high school’s journalism class, I wrote ...

If you're fascinated by insects or usually run the other way when you see one, a popular Wichita Falls event is hoping to ...

About 140 visitors to the Cape Girardeau Conservation Campus Nature Center's recent "Insect Mania" learned about seven Missouri insects that sting and bite at an event that focused on insect pests.

In Mississippi, time spent in the garden can turn from a pleasant experience to complete misery due to the presence of insect pests. Many of these pests can be controlled with insecticides to make ...