University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture Assistant Professor of Entomology Kelsey Coffman has received the 2024 Young Investigator Award from the open-access journal Insects. Photo by T.

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. “We have to get used to the idea of eating insects.” This proclamation came from, of ...

They can enter our homes in several ways: around moldings, window/door trim, ceiling vents, chimney, eaves or around window-mounted air conditioners. Most nuisance insects are not a threat to human ...

Late fall is the time when we like to bundle up, grab a blanket and get cozy in a nice warm place in preparation for winter. Insects are no different; they too like to seek winter shelter to protect ...

(NEXSTAR) – 2024 brought us “cicada-geddon,” a double awakening of two broods of periodical cicadas that swarmed much of the eastern United States over the spring and summer. The noisy insects have ...

Insects may sometimes seem like a scourge on humanity, but without them, our lives would look very different. The quintillions of insects that inhabit our world help feed us, clothe us and have ...

A long-term study in Colorado reveals that insect populations are plummeting even in remote, undisturbed areas. Over two decades, flying insect abundance dropped by more than 70%, closely linked to ...