Finding an opossum in your yard requires care and a few key steps, as these gentle creatures aren't accustomed to close ...

A rare rainforest insect, Arota festae, starts life bright pink before slowly turning green, revealing a surprising camouflage strategy.

The Amazon rainforest is often associated with jaguars, parrots, and towering trees. Yet the majority of animal life in this forest consists of insects. These small creatures pollinate plants, ...

To curb a dengue-carrying mosquito, L.A. County officials are releasing sterilized males. The approach is promising, but ...

Last week Stan Strong of Canton stopped at our home to give me a dead chimney swift, which was in a mummified state. Strong told me that he found the bird lying on his cellar floor. He thought the ...

While watching hooded mergansers and mallards feeding on a canal near Rexburg on Tuesday evening, I counted 14 wood ducks ...

A newly discovered species of spider in the Ecuadorean Amazon mimics a pathogen, known as a zombie fungus, to protect itself.

From the depths of the ocean to the forest floor at night, some animals can do something that seems almost magical: they make ...

Accidental lab discovery reveals ‘simple thing’ bedbugs fear - Study offers simple solution to rid oneself of bedbugs ...

Codling moth (Cydia pomonella) remains one of the most persistent and destructive pests of homegrown apples and pears. Understanding how to identify it, how it develops through the season, and how to ...

From whale hearts to giraffe tongues, explore how huge and tiny animal body parts really are, using everyday objects as your ...

If you don’t have any allergies, you might not realize just how many people (hey!) are envious of you. A whopping 30% to 40% ...