The Orsillus maculatus was found by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agricultural specialists, arriving in cypress cones ...

The Cooperative Extension Plant Clinic can provide information on scale insect control, urban tree care, and other horticultural problems.

An invasive bug species found at a Michigan airport marks just the third time the species has been intercepted in the United States, officials say. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials say the ...

The bugs are named after boxelder trees, where they’re frequently found ... in homes. They go from eggs to nymphs (they are bright red at this stage) to adults. They tend to become more active in the ...

Brood XIV cicadas will emerge in numbers around the lower billions in 13 states, including Ohio and parts of Greater.

But thankfully, the winter precipitation that is unusual for the Gulf Coast likely did not affect New Orleans' plants and wildlife, experts say, from stately live oak trees to pesky mosquitoes.

During the nymph stage, the insect builds a protective white, waxy covering resembling small blobs of cotton. Mealybugs do not instantly kill tropical plants, but their presence causes the host ...

What's worse, the stomach bug is getting harder to treat. For most of the cases in Toronto and Vancouver, no oral antibiotic therapies work. More severe cases require IV antibiotic treatment ...

Researchers studying crustaceans in Vietnam have identified a new "supergiant" sea bug species that bears a surprising resemblance to a classic movie villain. Deep-sea sea bugs, or the Bathynomus ...

A notoriously contagious stomach bug’s spread through Arlington has public health experts urging extra precautions. An alert about a wave of suspected norovirus cases went out to Arlington ...

before it either gets absorbed by the trees or dissipates into the surrounding air. Meanwhile, strategically placed stations collect data on everything from soil composition to insect populations ...

No matter how careful you are about animals in your home, or how much care you take when you are outdoors, animal and insect bites and stings are sometimes unavoidable. Fleas, mites, and chiggers ...