Jim and Leslie Costa will create an insect field guide during their time with Steve Kemp Writers Residency in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Angus obtains the insects for her work through dealers who specialize in exotic specimens sought by collectors and reuses ...

If this type of classic repellent is all you can find (or if you prefer it), the best version we’ve found is Cutter Backwoods Dry Insect Repellent. Its 25% DEET formula protects against ...

Streetlights are brightening our nights, but they’re dimming the prospects for insects. The increasing levels of artificial ...

RoboBee offers diminutive size and insect-like flight prowess for a range of potential scientific, commercial, and emergency ...

Tiny leaf buds are forming on the apple and dogwood ... that the trend is leading to timing mismatches between plants, insects and bids, which could spell trouble for their survival.

National Forestry and Grassland Administration Key Laboratory of Forest Resources Conservation and Ecological Safety on the Upper Reaches of the Yangtze River & Forestry Ecological Engineering in the ...

Because insects are generally small, humans tend to underestimate their intelligence. However, from their complex social structures to learning and memory, insects, especially ants and bees, are ...

“I always describe it as a compulsion and then a repulsion,” says Angus, a professor in the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Textile and Fashion Design program whose insect art has been ...

Help save the Earth by replacing half your lawn and/or non-native plants with native species, even in containers, plus a list of April's plant-related events.

while many insects have evolved the means to thwart this defense and even turn it to their own advantage. The larvae of the poplar leaf beetle, Chrysomela populi, sequester toxic plant compounds in ...