Due to chemicals, light pollution and other factors, fireflies are dwindling in numbers compared to a few decades ago.

In 1954, archaeologists discovered a 2,500-year-old underground shrine in southern Italy. Inside, they found eight bronze pots filled with a mysterious, orangeish-brown sticky residue. Now, they ...

Keep windows and door screens closed to keep moths out of your house. Use natural repellents like rosemary, thyme, cedar, lavender, or peppermint oil applied to sachets or wood blocks to deter pantry ...

Here’s why the third wettest spring on record in New Hampshire has made for a firefly renaissance this summer.

Many flies are hard to tell apart in their juvenile life stage, so Sikes cared for larvae collected from a second snake worm sighting in 2007 until they morphed into their dark-winged fly form.

A crane fly is a large insect with a short lifespan. The immature larvae can eat up your lawn, but they’re generally not considered a pest. There are a few simple ways to get rid of them. What ...

Hundreds of larvae, each almost a centimeter in length, form a crawling column. Photographed July 13, 2007. (Photo by Derek Sikes / University of Alaska Museum of the North) ...

This week, Livin’ Farms announced a $5.8 million raise, adding to the $3.8 million seed funding. The Series A was led by Peter Luerssen, who notes in a press release, “Livin farms is on a ...