Springtime and recent rains seem to have brought about the horn fly on cattle in our area. The name can be misleading as they ...

Texas is home to nearly 30,000 species of insects, nearly a third of all in the nation. While most bugs are harmless, some ...

The New World screwworm isn't a new species, but the flesh-eating maggots are certainly disturbing. Here's what Tennesseans ...

Many plants in Texas landscapes are suitable hosts for aphids, including bedding plants, ash, barberry, boxelder, crape ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said May 11 that it is suspending imports of livestock through Mexico because of New World ...

Ants are often an early sign of the presence of aphids on a plant because they protect aphids from their natural enemies.

(THE CONVERSATION) Insects are all around us – an ant on the sidewalk, a bee buzzing by ... These introduced bees are easier to manage but can spread diseases and parasites into native bee populations ...

The tiny crickets collect and wear the chemical markers of the ants, reducing ant aggression and disguising them as a member of the group.

A parasite, the New World Screwworm, is actually a fly. Female screwworm flies lay eggs in wounds or body openings of mammals ...

This parasitic fungus targets carpenter ants in tropical forests ... infected cicadas don’t die immediately but enter what researchers call “flying salt shakers of death” mode. The cicadas remain ...

“There has never been definitive evidence that ants occurred in this collection, but now we found this very complete specimen.” Lepeco adds that this flying ant could have been dragged by the ...

The fungus that zombifies humanity in the show is based on Ophiocordyceps, a real fungal group that infects ants, takes over their brains and ... The Surprising Science of Parasitic Mind-Control. Host ...