Emerald ash borer is an invasive beetle that can kill ash trees. According to the New York State DEC, once the trees are infested with beetle larvae, they die within two to four years. And those dead ...

Should you ever find yourself playing a trivia game on the topic of moths and butterflies, here are a few facts that might help. Collectively called Lepidoptera, moths and butterflies account for ...

Scientists have published a broad review of what they’ve learned about moths and butterflies over the last few decades. Scientists have published a broad review of what they’ve learned about moths and ...

A new study used gene expression analysis to explore how temperature and ocean acidification affect Pacific cod larvae. Scientists discovered that larvae are equipped with genes that allow them to ...

A five-star hotel is not where most people expect to find maggots. Yet beneath the polished marble lobby of the Hyatt Regency near Sydney's Darling Harbour, hundreds of thousands of black soldier fly ...

Tiny black flies swirling from your favourite fern are almost always fungus gnats thriving in soggy compost. A 10‑second daily check can quietly stop them settling in. That moment when a cloud of tiny ...

Scientists have discovered that Antarctica’s only native insect is already ingesting microplastics, revealing that even the planet’s most remote ecosystems are not untouched by human pollution. While ...

Inexpensive to raise and insatiably hungry for trash, black soldier fly larvae are already on the menu for livestock, pets and, maybe soon, people Black soldier fly larvae grow in a high-tech facility ...

Chalmette native Christine Gambino grew up visiting her family rice farm in Mamou, where she used to see fireflies regularly. She left the farm to attend LSU and graduated in 2021 with a degree in ...

JEAN LAFITTE, La. (WGNO) — LSU entomologists are working to bring fireflies back to Jean Lafitte. Christine Gambino, an extension associate and entomologist at LSU, said the town reached out to LSU to ...

Antarctica often feels like the last place plastic pollution could reach. Ice covers the land, human activity is limited, and the continent seems isolated from the daily environmental damage seen ...