An ant and fly from the Cretaceous period offer insights into the history of Ophiocordyceps, the fungal parasite made popular ...

Long before humans walked the Earth, while dinosaurs were still roaming the land, a parasitic fungus hijacked the mind of a ...

The Old Testament encouraged Christians and Jews to consume locusts, beetles, and grasshoppers. St. John the Baptist is said to have survived on locusts and honey when he lived in the desert.

Concern is because some of these often large beetles have larvae which feed on live wood and therefore are serious pests of timber trees and so upset commercial foresters, and others may damage ...

Squash beetles pass through four distinct life stages. After mating, the female lays masses of 30 to 50 bright yellow, bullet-shaped eggs on the underside of the leaf. This is so the larvae will have ...

Colorado potato beetles can decimate your crops - if you let them. Here are the best ways to keep these pests from doing damage in your garden.

Trees are infected with the fungus that causes laurel wilt disease by the invasive redbay ambrosia beetle. Native to southeastern Asia, the beetle was first detected in the U.S. in 2004 near ...

Every January to May, satanas hunters in the mountainous municipality of Coroico hope to earn up to $30 for each live beetle they snag. On display in pet shops in Japan, the showiest satanas ...

Here's what to know about the beetle and who to call if you spot one this summer. What does the emerald ash borer look like? Adult emerald ash borers are metallic green with a coppery red or ...

Two Chinese nationals — Yunqing Jian (33) and Zunyong Liu (34) — have been accused of trying to smuggle a deadly fungus into the United States, with the FBI stating that it was a ‘potential ...