A beetle species’ larvae seem to bamboozle bees by smelling like flowers. This newly discovered deceptive strategy might be the first known example of an animal imitating floral scents, according to a ...

For example, some parasitic wasps are known to inject viruses into the host, which may paralyze the host or protect the larvae from host defenses. Similarly, when a “braconid” wasp (in the huge family ...

The first center for dispersing sterile screwworm flies from U.S. soil in decades opened Monday in Texas, part of a larger ...

Ticks are perhaps scary for their bloodsucking nature, and there are quite a few other insects that look like them. However, those insects are quite different.

The New World screwworm feeds on live tissue, according to the CDC ...

Texas will not get screwed by the flesh-eating parasite known as the screwworm — with Gov. Greg Abbott declaring a preemptive disaster declaration before the devastating organism even gets ...

Ants send messages to colony members through odor compounds that contain alkenes, chemicals that help nestmates recognize one ...

While forensic pathologists can estimate the post-mortem interval if death has occurred within 72 hours, forensic entomologists are called in if death has occurred beyond this time frame. That’s what ...

Although the parasite has not yet been detected in the US, officials warn that its northward movement poses a serious risk to livestock and wildlife.

A horse at an equine import quarantine facility in Florida has tested positive for New World screwworm, the U.S. Department ...

A research team from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology has shown in a new study that ants returning from habitats ...

A debilitating infection from the parasitic Guinea worm is inching closer to global eradication, with an all-time low of only 10 human cases reported worldwide in 2025, the Carter Center announced. If ...