Invasive insects like the tiger mosquito and the Asian hornet are becoming increasingly common across Europe, with devastating consequences for human health, agriculture and the environment.

Aussie researchers are at the vanguard of scientists worldwide solving the global environmental crisis created by plastic ...

The squash beetle (Epilachna borealis) is an agricultural pest that naturally lives in the eastern United States. These ...

"Asian needle ants have a potent and painful sting, but they’re not aggressive like fire ants. They usually only sting when they're accidentally pinched or squished, like if they get caught in ...

Mellissa Hairston has been living in the Atlanta area for 15 years. But it wasn't until Memorial Day 2024, while soaking up ...

An insect native to Asia is slowly making its way through the U.S. — and it has a deadly sting. The Asian needle ant, first ...

Success in both exams requires immense toil. Many examinees do not work in the year, even years, leading up to the test; ...

Aristotle praised the political organization of ant colonies while ancient Chinese Daoists appreciated ants as illustrative ...

The Antix is a musical podcast for 3 to 6 year olds which tells the story of Maggie, aged 6, and her musical ant farm that sits on her bedroom shelf. When she has a question on her mind ...

BC's Philip Landrigan, M.D., and the Minderoo-Monaco Commission on Plastics and Human Health present a sweeping new report showing plastic as a hazard at every stage of its life cycle Philip Landrigan ...

reports the striking discovery of a regulatory role for trophic eggs in ant caste determination ... DNA was extracted from pools of six eggs using TRIzol (Life Technologies). DNA concentration was ...