W ARM, HUMID WEATHER means that black garden ants around Ireland will soon be taking to the air for their annual nuptial ...

What can a tiny wasp with a rather gruesome parasitic life cycle teach us about evolution, behavior and human developmental ...

What comes to mind when you think of beneficial insects in your yard? Observant gardeners will often name one of the ...

A phids are one pest that make every gardener sigh as they return continuously. They're extremely common and don't ...

In Vermont, researchers have investigated the types of creepy, crawly bugs that their avian predators consume and may have ...

The first new species is Idris bianor, named after the spider genus it parasitizes, according to the study. Its body length ...

Insect bites here are generally a nuisance more than a medical concern, but with the tick population on the rise, Lyme disease instances are also believed to be increasing. Summer days in Ireland ...

A woman has shared her easy go-to method to get wasps to fly away and leave her alone after they get too close to you - but people are too scared to try it.

Plants are classified as annuals, biennials or perennials based on their life cycles. Biennials, like foxglove, have a vegetative year followed by a flowering year. Perennials, including woody ...

Plants are classified as annuals, biennials or perennials based on their life cycles. Biennials, like foxglove, have a vegetative year followed by a flowering year. Perennials, including woody ...

Whenever I wander around garden centers, I try to listen to what shoppers are saying as they select plants to take home. I learn a lot when listening to comments from gardeners about which plants they ...

Parasites are organisms that live alongside a host, sometimes even taking control of the host. For example, parasitoid wasps like this one will catch a spider, paralyze it with their sting, force ...