Researchers at Kyushu University have found that when azuki bean beetles infected with Wolbachia bacteria are exposed to a ...

HOLDEN ― After years of effort to control the harmful invasive species, the town of Holden has become the first community ...

Do you think you could tell the difference between a native species and a nonnative or invasive species? One plant you might ...

LONDON: It is not always that a game of cricket has been stopped due to a swarm of ladybirds invading the pitch. On Thursday, the first day of third Test in Lor ...

Pesticides, habitat loss, and light pollution are threatening firefly populations worldwide, but even in urban areas, some ...

As the demand for butterflies, spiders, ants and other terrestrial invertebrates grows worldwide, researchers in a recent ...

With a little careful planning, biodiversity can be created when a new landscape is designed or increased if correct plants replace plants that die.

In one sense, it’s odd to associate any firefly with youth, for by the time we see them lighting up our nights, they are ...

Moist ground also means more food – slugs, worms and snails – for firefly larvae, increasing their chances of survival. More ...

They bite, excrete acid, asphyxiate their prey and create huge super colonies that are hard to kill. What to know ...

Good bugs pollinate our food crops, enrich and fertilize the soil, eat our garbage and provide food for wildlife.

You can also consider plants which act as pest deterrents. Lavender is great at deterring aphids and flea beetles. The strong ...