The range of infected deer ticks that can spread of babesiosis, which causes malaria-like symptoms, is expanding in the Mid-Atlantic region of the US.

Cattle Grazing Helps Pollinators in Sagebrush Rangelands

Commercial kiwi fruits are inadequately pollinated by insects, need artificial pollination

When a mosquito can’t stop drinking blood, the result isn’t pretty

Female Rhamphomyia longicauda flies, known as long-tailed dance flies, inflate their abdomens during courtship to appear more fecund than they may actually be

Meet the Mosquito With a Big Appetite—for Other Mosquitoes

An Inside Look at How the Varroa Mite’s True Diet Was Discovered

Fossilized Insect Discovered Not in Amber, but in Opal

Native to Asia, Found in New Jersey: The Curious Case of an Invasive Tick

Bumble Bee Queens Slower to Start Colonies After Minimal Neonicotinoid Insecticide Exposure

Hormones Control Eyespot Size in the Butterfly Bicyclus anynana

New research proves beetles have been pollinating flowers for at least 20 million years

Mosquitoes lay more eggs near flowers

Zika virus genome published. Zika virus is believed to be responsible for an epidemic of microcephaly (shrunken head) in Brazil

Researchers have found many species of longhorned beetle use the same sex pheromone,which seems to contradict the generally accepted idea of one pheromone per species.So how do the different beetle species find suitable mates if they’re all attracted by the same pheromone? Timing is everything.

Scientists from the University of Massachusetts and Dartmouth College have found bumble bees that consumed natural toxins found in plant nectar — including nicotine and caffeine — were less likely to be infected with a common intestinal parasite.

Rio De Janiero has more cockroaches than anywhere in the americas. Second most diverse area is Guiana Shield (northern S.America) with 234 species