Pest experts are warning of a major increase in flying ant activity, triggered by the perfect mix of alternating wet and warm ...

Bogong moths use both Earth's magnetic field and the starry night sky to make twice-yearly migrations spanning hundreds of ...

Retired teacher Larry Weber, of Barnum, is the author of “Butterflies of the North Woods" and “Spiders of the North Woods," among other books. Reach him via Katie Rohman at krohman@duluthnews.com.

To see the summer sky is poetry, though never in a book it lie, true poems flee.” – Emily Dickinson Tonight’s the night! At ...

Bogong moths (Agrotis infusa) fly up 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) to take shelter in the handful of high-altitude caves that ...

Several bird species, in addition to humans, have demonstrated they can use the stars to navigate great distances. And while ...

"We know that daytime migratory insects use the sun, so testing the starry sky seemed an obvious thing to try." ...

It’s summer, so naturally the June beetles are out at night in full force. So, what do they do at night? Feed on your plants, ...

Local news News Hundreds of flying insects invade eMalahleni Residents said they had never seen so many locusts, it turned out not to be locusts - but meadow katydids (Conocephalus sp).

For the past 10 years, entomologist P.J. Liesch — better known as Wisconsin Bug Guy — has served as director of the UW–Madison Department of Entomology’s Insect Diagnostic Lab.

Insects often become disoriented, flying in endless circles around bright lights, burning energy they cannot afford to lose. This confusion can lead to exhaustion or death. Artificial lighting at ...