Recent helicopter flights over the Potomac River are part of an ongoing effort to both better understand and more effectively control the black fly population, swarms of which have been a nuisance to ...

Cirque du Soleil's 'OVO' is back in the city after almost a decade. As have the acrobats, clowns, tumblers, and Chinese pole ...

First identified in South Korea a decade ago, Seoul is now annually hit by a weeks-long infestation of the Plecia nearctica insect, a type of March fly nicknamed "lovebug" for their distinctive mating ...

The cordyceps species in "The Last of Us," Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, is real and does exactly what the show purports —just ...

AS temperatures climb to 33C across the UK, early signs of flying ant season are already being spotted — and a £5 gadget from ...

In the US, millions of flies will be dropped from planes. No, it's not a biological weapon. It's a method to fight the spread of New World screwworms, a parasitic flesh-eating larva of the Cochliomyia ...

Pesticides, habitat loss, and light pollution are threatening firefly populations worldwide, but even in urban areas, some ...

Warm weather means you’ll be spending time in your garden and an expert gardener has shared one tip for your outdoor space.

Some Londoners have reported seeing an increase in fireflies in the city and its surrounding area this summer, though experts have different ideas about why this is happening.

In a new study published and featured in the Annals of the Entomological Society of America, researchers have discovered that ...

It begins; Flying Ant Day has arrived in parts of Cornwall and thousands of ants have emerged to swarm in a mating ritual known as the 'nuptial flight'. Escaping them becomes an impossible task as ...

JOLANDA DI SAVOIA, Italy (AP) — An unusual pest is ravaging crops and irking farmers in northeastern Italy: the flamingo.