Right now, there aren’t natural predators to keep these creatures in check. Experts issue warning after dangerous insect makes first appearance in North America: 'Repeated infestations can cause tree ...

Wood thrush is considered a Species of Greatest Conservation Need in Iowa and in 25 other states because the population has ...

Emerald ash borers first arrived in Middle Tennessee in 2014 and have spread to at least 66 counties, authorities say.

As their name implies, brown recluse spiders are reclusive — Whitworth describes them as shy — and often go unnoticed as they spend their time in places where there is not a lot of human activity, ...

Also called the pintail beetle, this creature is renowned for its tumbling, flipping, turning and jumping motions when it is ...

If you’ve played the video game “The Last of Us” or seen the television adaption, then you’ve heard of cordyceps — a “zombie” fungus that infects its host and takes over its body. This leads to the ...

Foresters are using parasitoids to reduce the spread of the emerald ash borer beetle, following the lead of many states to ...

Oklahoma deploys parasitoid wasps in forests to combat the emerald ash borer, a beetle that’s killing ash trees across the state and the U.S.

The Earth is full of remarkable species, and the wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) is certainly one of them. This small ...

Red meat allergy, or alpha-gal syndrome, was first reported in 2009 and is still relatively rare but is on the rise.

Ultimately, the extinction of humans "would reveal something about the way we treated the Earth," said Basmajian. "It would ...

In an effort to protect Southern U.S. forest resources, the Jones Center at Ichauway here and the University of Georgia ...