Dubbed the “bone collector,” this caterpillar found on a Hawaiian island disguises itself while stalking spider webs for trapped insects to eat.

Newly described bone collector caterpillars build a silken case around their bodies and adorn it with dead insect body parts ...

A team of mechanical and biological engineers at Cornell University and the Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Brown ...

Tiny flying robots could perform such useful tasks as pollinating crops inside multilevel warehouses, boosting yields while ...

DEP monitors and treats 48 rivers and streams spanning more than 1,800 miles for black flies, also knows as gnats.

If you see a crane fly this spring (or even hundreds), don't freak out. Although they resemble mosquitos, they're just out ...

While it may be an unfamiliar sensation to humans, electroreception is relatively commonplace in the animal kingdom. Sharks, bees and even the platypus all share this ability to detect electric fields ...

However their larvae eat the delicate roots of seedlings, cuttings and house plants and bite young stems as plants grow. A female adult fly can lay up to around 100 eggs at a time and in a heated ...

Question: I keep seeing fast moving, tiny bees in my garden. Do I need to worry about my grandchildren getting stung? Note: The Douglas County Master Gardener Plant Clinic offers free insect ...

Now, scientists at UC Santa Barbara have found that fruit fly larvae have a surprising sixth sense—they can detect electric fields. This ability, called electroreception, is common in animals ...