Humankind shares the planet with all sorts of weird and wonderful creatures, from rare deep-sea mysteries, to black wolves, ...

The blowfly larvae bodies have evolved to closely resemble those of the termites, the researchers report February 10 in Current Biology. Inside the nest, termites recognize each other through touch, ...

Mosquitoes cause around a million deaths per year. So, scientists are coming up with genetic engineering techniques that ...

Spiders are declining in livestock-grazed areas, while ticks and mites are increasing. This change affects ecosystems and ...

After studying the samples, Dr. Evans determined that the cave spiders had been hijacked by a fungus he dubbed Gibellula ...

For Fatou Baldeh, the past year was critical in the fight to end female genital mutilation. A survivor and the founder of the ...

Replacing native grazers with livestock can drastically influence the numbers of ground-dwelling arthropods like spiders, as well as that of ticks and mites that can spread vector-borne diseases ...

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.

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

She said the frog has an important place in the state’s ecosystem. She said it feeds on mosquito larvae and other insects and is prey for larger animals, including fish, birds, reptiles and ...

Illegal dumps are a source of danger and disease in Gambia's Kanifing district. Efficient trash collection could be the ...