Turn on a light outside at night, and it won't be long before a bevy of insects start careening wildly around it, apparently drawn in "like a moth to a flame," as the saying goes. Now, in a series of ...

Most people have done it. You see something small and wiggly on a plant, your brain says “bug = bad,” and your hand is already moving to squash it. But a lot of the insects in a normal backyard are ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - It is no secret that the impacts from climate change are widespread and still being discovered. From wildfires burning hotter and lasting longer to the polar ice caps melting ...

It’s a question we’ve all wondered at some point in our lives: why do insects spend their evenings swarming around and bopping into artificial lights? Scientists have now come up with an answer using ...

Even at levels safe for humans, air pollution can disrupt the way some insects communicate with plants, and with each other.

The natural world around us in South Florida teems with an astounding variety of multicolored life, but we rarely take the time to see much of it. Take the butterflies, for instance: Monarchs and ...

Insects are small but have a huge impact. Insects represent more than half of all wild species on the planet, with more than a million described species. Their variety amazes some people and disgusts ...

When gardeners see insects in the garden, they often fear these multi-legged creatures will chew and chomp their way through the landscape and leave a trail of destruction in their wake. While there ...