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The New Zealand velvet worm or ngāokeoke has been crowned bug of the year for 2025. The ancient gummy-looking worm, covered ...

The new species is named Hylaeus paumako in a nod to the Hawaiian word “paumākō,” which means grief or mourning, according to ...

A gardener may find it hard to predict weediness, especially when looking at an immature plant confined to a container at a ...

Pangolins, the world’s most trafficked mammals, hit the headlines more often for the illegal trade in their scales and meat ...

One of the most surprising findings was that the male stick insects had completely lost their reproductive function. In most ...

It's only February but early termite swarm activity has been detected across the United States, including San Diego, ...

What happens when a team of scientists and local Awajún guides go on a 38-day trip into the Alto Mayo region of Peru? Over ...

A rare pest never before recorded in the United States has been discovered near the U.S.-Mexico border, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Wednesday.

Moth population changes impact insect-eating birds in Finland, especially in northern regions with short breeding seasons.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists discovered a rare insect in a lettuce shipment at the ...

A dangerous new hornet is posing a significant threat to the honeybee population in Georgia, which can mean big trouble for ...