Insect loss is gradual but devastating. Fewer pollinators, smaller harvests, and fragile ecosystems are already appearing.

Galls are abnormal growths and can be caused by a variety of different organisms, including insects and mites, and occasionally nematodes, fungi, and bacteria.

Hibiscus leaves damaged by hibiscus gall midge are distorted and often die prematurely. This is an example of an insect ...

For more than a hundred years, scientists have studied the strange partnership between ants and seeds. In this relationship, known as myrmecochory, ants are drawn to seeds that offer fatty, ...

The gall, still whole, becomes a hidden home for the developing wasp larva inside. This discovery suggests ants are unknowingly helping wasps too—expanding the web of connections between insects ...

Galls on oak leaves are harmless growths caused by specific insects. They have different shapes depending on the insect species causing the gall.

There are more than 1,500 species of galls which are on a multitude of plants, mostly formed by insects and mites, but the most commonly found on pin oaks are the gouty type gall.

Galls shelter the larvae of the insects that made them grow, and they protect newborns from predators, parasitoids and adverse weather conditions.

The two most common insects are gall adelgids and spruce spider mites, both of which are so small you will need a hand lens to see them.

MELBOURNE, Fla. -- Biologists may soon have another biological weapon in their war against the infamous Brazilian pepper tree: an army of jumping plant lice. These tiny insects — called Calophya ...

Insects and mites can cause galls. These galls are often on the leaves and stems and usually look like growths or bumps that are not the same color as the rest of the leaf. Sometimes there is also ...