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 ...

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

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 ...

Sparrows Point residents are fed up with midges, a nuisance insect that is worse this year than most can remember.

A bug expert has revealed his top tips for tackling flying ants as the annual "flying ant day" phenomenon is set to return to Britain and Ireland as warmer weather persists. Swarms of winged black ...

Italian restaurant Prato on Park Avenue was shut down for one day after inspectors found rodent activity and flying insects ...

When you picture a flower and a pollinator, the odds are you’re imagining a colorful, perfumed flower, and a honeybee.

There are more than 40 species of fireflies in Missouri, but their populations have been diminishing over the last few years.

Habitat loss, the increased use of pesticides and light pollution are all factors as to why people are seeing less fireflies ...