Q. What are these weird white things on my citrus trees? They don’t seem like they’re moving, but they sure do attract ants!

Thousands of small bugs called zooplankton were growing in ... “Before we had dams and levees all over California, water would flood across the landscape,” Montgomery said.

Around twilight, Casey's June beetles emerge from sandy soils near Palm Springs, California, to mate. Between late March and June, males fly swiftly above the ground searching for female beetles. But ...

Some dung beetles are native to California, but many have been imported ... In his lab he currently has a colony of tunnelers that are small enough you wouldn’t see them if you weren’t looking ...

of which the varied carpet beetle, Anthrenus verbasci, is a common house and museum pest. It is a small (1.5-3.5 mm) and round beetle with elytra (wing cases) clothed with white, golden-yellow and ...

There are around 66,000 species of rove beetles and one researcher proposes it's because of one special gland.

THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF SMALL BUGS CALLED ZOOPLANKTON GROWING FROM THE BACTERIA IN THE EXCESS RICE STRAW. IT MAKES BUGS. BUT BUGS ARE THE LIQUID GOLD FOR CALIFORNIA’S ECONOMY.

Thousands of small bugs called zooplankton were growing in that water from the bacteria in the excess rice straw. "These bugs are the liquid gold for fish," Katz added. Scientists believe those ...