Suddenly seeing dozens (even hundreds) of winged termites flying near windows, light fixtures, or doors can be especially troubling to a homeowner. "Flying termites, also called alates, are ...

Entomologist Dr. Jessica Ware joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the world of insects. Are cockroaches so resilient that they'd survive a nuclear war? Why do praying mantis ...

Another cicada invasion is here. The large Brood XIV, which emerges every 17 years, is making for a spectacular natural event as billions of periodical cicadas emerge across ...

Going out to eat? See which Duval County restaurants were rated best by inspectors, and which failed the test.

The backscattered light from insects is predominantly oscillatory and derives from the wings. This part of the signal is also more coherent and co-polarized than the light reflected from the insect's ...

When your immune system detects harmful microbes, your body raises its internal temperature to create a hostile environment. Turning up the heat suppresses the proliferation of invaders. In short, the ...

Why do people get fevers when we get sick?Authors Phil Starks Associate Professor of Biology, Tufts University Harry Bernheim Associate Professor ...

But the uppermost skin of the sea, down to about 250 feet, is warming up the fastest, heating up by an average of about 0.11 degrees Celsius each decade since the 1970s. Marine heat waves—the ...

One Pensacola trampoline park's concessions have been temporarily closed for the second time in May over roaches. The food area has yet to reopen.

High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Line make bar top - sliced tomatoes 60 degrees Fahrenheit, ham 59 degrees Fahrenheit ...

To do the exercise: Stand or sit with your arm at your side and your elbow bent about 90 degrees. Keep your elbow at your side and turn your wrist and hand over so your palm faces up. To add pressure ...

BANGKOK -- About the length of my little finger but thicker, and with a deep butter-yellow coating, a blanched and twice-fried coconut worm stares up at me from a small side plate. Biting into the ...