Scientists Are Tracking Worrying Declines in Insects—and the Birds That Feast on Them. Here’s What’s Being Done to Save Them Both In Vermont, researchers have investigated the types of ...

Almost every field season has its particular insect problems and surprising‘ gotcha’ moments, but there is a seasonality to our common insect pests in agriculture. This article outlines a few of the ...

Native plants are more than just part of the scenery. They’re the backbone of functioning ecosystems — especially for native birds and insects. When these plants disappear, so do the species ...

Answering more kids’ questions: Is a bug the same thing as an insect? Stink bugs, leaf-footed bugs and bed bugs are all true bugs – but lightningbugs are not.

To the editor: In Monday’s FDNM, I read one of the most fascinating and fantastical letters I have ever seen there. It was the one by Mr. Randy Griffen, and ...

Tick Takeover: Pleasure Beach Shuts Down For 2025 As Invasive Insects Overrun Shore Pleasure Beach, Bridgeport’s beloved shoreline getaway, is closed through the 2025 summer season after city ...

Plants I use to fight insects in vining vegetables are marigolds and radishes. They give off a scent that repels the most harmful insects that attack vining vegetables. We plant marigolds about 18 ...

An ancient horror Two insects — a fly and a juvenile ant — preserved in 99-million-year-old amber from Myanmar have revealed what scientists are calling some of the oldest examples of parasitic ...

Together we share 9 ways to keep your kitchen garbage clean and insect-free in the summer. Because once it starts to smell and overripe fruit and vegetable waste ripens, it’s also a breeding ...

Paleontologists studying insects trapped in amber from 99 million years ago have made a remarkable discovery: an ant and a fly with parasitic fungi bursting from their bodies.