Mosquitoes and blackflies are among nature’s most obnoxious insects — known for relentlessly biting and buzzing around your head with little to no mercy. However, one TikToker just discovered a ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

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Many people use 'bug' and 'insect' interchangeably. Scientifically, insects are a broad class. True bugs are a specific order within insects, known as Hemiptera. They have unique piercing-sucking ...

Ever since my young cousins in New Jersey sent me photos of monarch butterfly eggs and tiny snow white monarch caterpillars with black heads (they don’t get colorful until later in development), I ...

I love bugs. I find them so cool and interesting, and they serve a lot of great purposes not only for their ecosystems, but for our lives as well. I know what you’re thinking, “But bugs are ugly and ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Like clockwork, every fall they want in. The best way to identify boxelder trees is to examine their leaves and seeds on female trees. (Nancy Downs, Colorado ...

Water bugs are not something you want to see making their home in your home and you’ll want a speedy way to get rid of them even if it’s just a solo specimen you’ve spotted scurrying away – and that’s ...

As a former realtor, general contractor and greenhouse operator, Kristi has touched nearly all aspects of homeownership, from the foundation up. Today, Kristi is a full-time investing and real estate ...

SAINT PAUL, Minn. — We're still officially in summer here in Minnesota, but many Minnesotans are already reading the signs, bug signs, that we may be in for a long and harsh winter. But can bugs ...

A little chemistry, a little coding and a whole lot of mating are just part of the story behind summer’s tiny fireworks show: the lightning bug. “Fireflies have adapted the ability to glow and flash ...