Spotted lanternflies have wreaked havoc on U.S. agriculture since their arrival in 2014, but Penn State researchers may have ...

Fire ants have been in eastern Virginia for many years. A new type of fire ant has now been confirmed in parts of Southwest ...

Research on the insectome in and around broiler breeder pullet farms has identified new potential vectors of Histomonas ...

Millions of people worldwide are affected by African sleeping sickness, Chagas disease and other life-threatening infections caused by microscopic parasites borne by insects such as the tsetse fly.

A newly identified parasitic wasp, compared to an “alien” predator, was found entirely by chance. Its ability to infect adult ...

WHITE PELICANS (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) are a normal springtime sighting of big birds as the spring season continues to ...

An ant capable of flight wrought havoc on an island off the coast of the Japanese mainland, over 100km away from Jeju Island itself, indicating that the Jeju Island ants have experienced some kind ...

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Research from St. Olaf College and the University of Denver, published in Current Biology, found that a parasitic fly in Hawaii has evolved to eavesdrop on the mating calls of Pacific field crickets.

Despite this, parasites are often overlooked in biodiversity research and conservation efforts. That needs to change, says zombie ant researcher Charissa de Bekker. Charissa de Bekker Who likes ...

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Thank you for supporting Ireland's best local journalism! A warning has been issued to people in Ireland over a phenomenon known as 'flying ant day' which is actually a season rather than a specific ...