As spring approaches, warmer weather triggers the flowers to bloom and insect pollinators begin to make an appearance along with a host of other species. “We tend to see a lot of species that were ...

We're in a sticky situation in western St. Charles. Cars, driveways, plants, lawn furniture - everything outdoors - is coated with something sticky. Just sap? Yes, and no. The substance raining from ...

New research shows invasive species are reducing insect populations worldwide and weakening ecosystems people rely on.

In the Asian tropics, a conspicuous radiation of Macaranga plants is inhabited by obligately associated Crematogaster ants tending Coccus (Coccidae) scale insects, forming a tripartite symbiosis.

Some tree-dwelling ants that were thought to eat other insects and animals actually look like plant-eaters when biologists analyzed nitrogen in their bodies. The study revealed the ants mostly eat ...

Insects are often seen as invaders due to high-profile species like the yellow-legged (Asian) hornet, the harlequin ladybird ...

Question: This question pertains to the Mingus mountain area of the Prescott national forest, not trees on my own property. Over the last 10-15 years I have observed nearly all the Pinyon pines in the ...

The ants that invaded our house were different from any ants I had ever seen — they were so tiny that they could get into ...