Until recently Prosoeca peringueyi (pictured below), an otherworldly little creature with a needlelike tongue almost twice the length of its body, was thought to play a vital role in the reproduction ...

Many research articles that I have found, as well as your recent post about tracking insects using radio frequency identification (see How Can I Track Insects Via RFID?), focus on identifying bugs at ...

With over 1.5 million species of beetles crawling around the globe, it’s no surprise that about 2,500 of them call Arizona home — lucky us. But don’t panic, most are harmless, just out here living ...

"Lots of things fly at night," says Harlan Gough, a wildlife biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Nightfall can set the stage for an acrobatic high-stakes drama in the air — a swirl of ...

A Colorado city is fighting to save tens of thousands of its trees from a “devastating” death. But it’s not deforestation or wildfires they are up against this time – it’s a tiny half-inch-long bug.