Across the American West, outbreaks of locusts, grasshoppers, and crickets cost ranchers about $1.2 billion every year. The research suggests that building soil quality instead of relying on ...

A five-star hotel is not where most people expect to find maggots. Yet beneath the polished marble lobby of the Hyatt Regency ...

Dragonflies look delicate, almost peaceful - and that’s the lie. Beneath the surface, their larvae are ruthless ambush predators armed with biological weapons refined over hundreds of millions of ...

This former military barracks in Bulgaria has become a symbol of the E.U.’s increasingly strict policing of its borders — and ...

Light pollution at night, also known as ALAN, is increasing at an alarming rate. Recent studies show a roughly 10% annual growth, although some claim light pollution doubles every eight years. A NASA ...

Ants send messages to colony members through odor compounds that contain alkenes, chemicals that help nestmates recognize one ...

Farmers would need the a "prescription" from a third party to keep using the pesticides they say avoids fence-to-fence spraying ...

From natural colorant to bioactive resource, annatto seeds offer intriguing scientific promise—tempered by clear limits that ...

"Can cause costly economic and ecological damage." Experts issue warning as harmful insects spread into new territory: 'Supercolonies' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Dave Gibson shares an excerpt from a guidebook by Adirondack Wild which shows how fragmentation of wilderness harms the environment.

Bruce Blake will deliver a presentation on “Bee an Advocate for Nature” at the Feb. 20 meeting of the Lombard Garden Club ...

The alarming spread of spotted lanternflies across the U.S. has been made possible by cities acting as evolutionary incubators, fine-tuning the insects and enabling them to thrive.