The Amazon rainforest is often associated with jaguars, parrots, and towering trees. Yet the majority of animal life in this ...

Don't forget to moisturize because the Santa Ana winds are here for the weekend. Today we're looking at highs in the upper ...

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 ...

When a young tomato anemonefish (a cousin to the famous Nemo) arrives at a new home, it carries extra white stripes. These ...

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 ...