Scientists are reporting a global decline in the firefly population. But conservation efforts and some favorable weather may be helping the insects.

Use repellants on exposed skin if you must be outdoors. Oil of lemon eucalyptus, picaridin and higher concentrations of DEET ...

The invasive emerald ash borer beetle is confirmed to be in five new Texas counties, the Texas A&M Forest Service says.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is considering vaccination plans to protect poultry and cattle, including dairy cows, from ...

What you can do about yellownecked caterpillars: if you have an oak tree suffering an infestation, consider dusting the ...

In his two-line poem, Ogden Nash wrote that “God in his wisdom made the fly and then forgot to tell us why.” One Sunday a fly was buzzing around our church. I’m sure I was not the only parishioner ...

A specific breed of flies could be the livestock industry's best defense against a flesh-eating threat poised to invade the ...

Eleven people have contracted Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called “flesh-eating” bacteria, and four of them have died from it so ...

If the flying menaces hanging out around your houseplants and seedlings are getting on your last nerve, here’s how you get ...

You can now order an “Iron Dome” for mosquitoes. Its name is the Photon Matrix, a black box about the size of a smartphone that can detect, track, and eliminate mosquitoes mid-flight using an AI ...

Most insect pests have natural predators. I feel compelled to write about this topic about once a year, because I abhor ...