Foresters are using parasitoids to reduce the spread of the emerald ash borer beetle, following the lead of many states to ...

We live in one of the most idyllic neighborhoods in Arkansas. Tall forests surround us on all sides. Rolling hills follow nearby Jimerson Creek down to the Arkansas River. Bald eagles and red-tail ...

The mud-dauber wasp builds a columned nest of mud under the eaves of houses and stocks it with insects on which its young will feed.

Here's a guide to insects and arachnids thriving in the summer rain and heat of Texas.

Tiny hummingbird chicks were observed mimicking a poisonous caterpillar to survive in the Panama rainforest–a first for science.

A hummingbird chick in Panama mimics a poisonous caterpillar to avoid predators—a rare case of bird-to-insect mimicry. When Jay Falk and Scott Taylor first spotted the white-necked Jacobin hummingbird ...

When Jay Falk and Scott Taylor first saw the white-necked Jacobin hummingbird chick in Panama's dense rainforest, the bird biologists didn't know what they were looking at.

The day-old bird, smaller than a pinky finger, had brown fuzz all over its body. When Falk and Taylor walked closer to the nest, the chick began twitching and shaking its head—a behavior they had ...

The nests of Asian paper wasps produce a brilliant, lime green glow when seen under ultraviolet light. In fact, the glow is so bright that you can see it from over sixty feet away!

DUBAI // A bee using green plastic instead of leaves to build a nest has highlighted the impact of discarded human rubbish on wildlife. Researchers said the discovery of a female leafcutter bee at ...

Once they’re dressed, James shows the students the wasp nest. It’s dug into the ground but some of the “wasp paper” surrounds the hole where a few yellowjackets can be seen leaving and entering. The ...