In this particular exhibition at the Staten Island Museum, even the pink of the walls comes from bugs — in the form of lac, a coloring produced by scale insects (it’s the same natural dye used as ...

Ants can find very small cracks and crevices to get into a home. The best ways to prevent them deciding to move in is by ...

Warmer weather leads to an increase in insect activity, with some species seeking shelter and food inside homes. Homeowners can prevent infestations by sealing cracks, maintaining cleanliness and ...

Buzzing insects may be seen as pests -- but globally, hundreds of fly species migrate over long distances, with major benefits for people and nature, new research shows.

Researchers named the parasitic creature Sirenobethylus charybdis —both after the sirens of Greek mythology that lured in ...

Shopping secondhand? Learn how to avoid common pests like bed bugs and clothes moths during your next thrift store haul.

"The Bug Lady" business owner Alaina Michaels grew up watching her peers experiment with questions surrounding their identity ...

In Myanmar, while backpacking, she insisted on visiting an insect farm – despite suffering from food poisoning. In Laos, for sheer fun, she and her partner spent an evening flipping over dozens of ...

Beetles alone account for almost one-third of the number, about 1.5 million species. By comparison, there are “only” an ...