UK residents are being urged to report any sightings of Yellow-legged (Asian) Hornets after 13 confirmed sightings so far in 2025 - see where.

Researchers in Hawaiʻi have described an unusual species of carnivorous caterpillar that scavenges in spiderwebs while wearing cast-off bits of the spider’s prey. Nicknamed the “bone collector,” the ...

Texas’ state plant, the prickly pear cactus, is being devoured by invasive caterpillars. So Texas scientists are releasing ...

Bugs that are good for plants fall into three distinct categories: pollinators, predators, and parasitoids. Each group has its own special mechanism that works to protect plants from harmful insects, ...

Asian needle ants found in the southeastern states of the U.S. have been spreading north and west for years, but experts now ...

Tom Carroll spoke with his colleague Lila Seidman to learn more about a successful pilot program in L.A. County that involves ...

Parental care might help invasive brown widow spiders spread. Valeria Arabesky and colleagues at Ben-Gurion University of the ...

The invsaive Asian needle ant is spreading across the U.S., putting more people at risk of anaphylaxis, since the insect ...

They might bite or sting if cornered or disturbed, but most in the Cape Fear region just want to be left alone.

Aptly nicknamed the “bone collector,” the larva haunts a six-square-mile patch of Oahu’s Wai‘anae Mountains, lurking ...

Invasive species – insect, plant or animal – are not native to the environment they occupy and they often cause harm to that environment by consuming food or space that ...

The species, dubbed the "bone collector," belongs to an ancient lineage of moths older than the Hawaiian island of Oahu, ...