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

There's no better way to keep summer bug bites from ruining an otherwise enjoyable outdoor affair.

Bats are often cast as the unseen night-time stewards of nature, flitting through the dark to control pest insects, pollinate plants and disperse seeds. But behind their silent contributions lies a ...

One animal in Australia is so difficult to spot it has been named the hidden dragon lizard. The reptile, which blends perfectly into the reddish orange terrain, avoided documented sightings for years.

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 ...

Billions of nocturnal Bogong moths migrate up to 1,000 km to cool caves in the Australian Alps that they have never ...

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