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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

One day, you’re sitting in your living room watching TV or reading a book, and suddenly see something out of the corner of your eye. It was tiny, dark-colored, and fast, but you didn’t get a good look ...

What is this? At first I thought it was a squirrel, but it has a short tail. It came down from the tree when I wasn’t there, so I didn’t see where it went. Groundhogs are surprisingly good climbers.

HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Entering the rainy season is conducive to the breeding of insects. Recently, flying ants in Hong Kong have emerged from empty swarms and attacked residential buildings.

It’s officially spring. While a young man’s fancy may turn to love, the insect world is also thinking amour. Whether its reproductive ants or termites, warm temperatures prod these future kings and ...