Being found smuggling these, you can face up to 25 years in prison and fines. Customs agents make dark discovery inside bags ...

USDA pest experts were abruptly fired last month — swept up in the Trump administration’s frenzied and turbulent efforts to ...

The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation (SCCF) reported that the air potato (Dioscoreria bulbifera) is an invasive, ...

The species, native to tropical rainforests of southeast Asia, bears a “striking resemblance to orchid flowers,” Cincinnati ...

Researchers report on the influence of an endophytic fungus of the genus Cladosporium on the defense of black poplars against herbivorous insects. The fungus, which lives inside the leaves ...

What is the Goliath beetle and why is it so important? The Goliath beetles (genus Goliathus) are among the world's biggest insects. There are five different species. They grow up to 110mm long ...

OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) is alerting pet owners that at least two domestic, indoor cats in King and Snohomish counties in Washington have become infected with ...

Insect and spider bites can cause small lacerations, swelling, skin discoloration, blisters, and other symptoms. Home treatment may relieve symptoms but some bites may need medical attention ...

While the significance of pollination — and pollinating insects — has become common knowledge, scientists have long struggled to estimate when the phenomenon of pollination first began on Earth. A ...

However, many other conditions may cause a similar rash, including ringworm, fixed drug reactions, and allergic reactions to insect bites. Lyme disease is a bacterial infection that can spread to ...

you have exotic species that are displacing other species. But what’s happened with climate change is that it … amplifies those pressures and it’s really been what’s tipped the scale on the wrong side ...

As the Northern Territory's principal entomologist, Brian Thistleton is the custodian of an important collection — a database of 56,000 insects notated, archived, and preserved in a climate ...