Discover interesting facts about insects, the critters whose combined weight on the planet is 70 times that of all humans.

Many insects are at risk of extinction. But when it comes to mosquitoes and ticks it feels like there are more of them.

A majority of the insects you see in your garden don’t harm plants and are, in fact, “beneficials” because they benefit your ...

Allergy-inducing plants are those that rely on wind rather than bees or butterflies to spread their pollen. Ragweed, which ...

But pollen isn’t all bad. It’s essential to the reproduction of plants, the survival of insects and the entire food web. We humans could not survive without it, so we absolutely shouldn’t ...