For Zach DeVries, an assistant professor of Urban Entomology at the University of Kentucky who works with its Cooperative Extension Service, this is the time of year he gets the most calls about ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From mosquitoes, ants, flies, roaches and more, bugs are everywhere when it’s warm. This summer’s crop of creepy crawlers look ...

Tom Oder is a writer, editor, and communication expert who specializes in sustainability and the environment with a sweet spot for urban agriculture. Imagine that you’re preparing dinner when suddenly ...

This month we are going to leave the outside garden and discuss the many inquiries about recognizable differences between ants and termites. Let’s explore the most common differences, and if and when ...

Dr. Elizabeth Yuko is a bioethicist and adjunct professor of ethics at Fordham University. She has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, CNN & Playboy. One ...

At entomologist parties, flying ants are discussed with words such as “nuisance” or “irritating.” Termites, however, are on the other side of this spectrum; whole sentences are used, as in, “Have you ...

Termites often start swarming around the latter part of February through early March. It is important to distinguish swarming ants from termites because control measures for both are quite different ...

From mosquitoes, ants, flies, roaches and more, bugs are everywhere when it’s warm. This summer’s crop of creepy crawlers look ugly and sinister. But don’t be fooled by their sizes. The small ones can ...