Ladybugs are a common sight in healthy gardens, but if you start to see a swarm of them it's easy to get concerned. Here's what it really means.

You’ve probably seen a hoverfly. It’s a small, bee-like insect that hovers over your flowers in summer. Though they look like tiny bees or wasps, they don’t sting. They’re actually some of the most ...

Dandelions aren't just weeds, they're important food sources for bumblebees, house finches, hover flies, numerous colorful butterflies, and more.

So unusual it barely looks real — a hammerhead worm stretched across pavement. And a reminder: never sever it. These invasive ...

Feb. 23 to March 1 marks Invasive Species Awareness Week. It serves as a reminder that protecting our natural spaces isn’t something we think about once a year. It’s an ongoing practice of attention ...

This leaf beetle looks amazing, but does like to chomp through - yes you guessed it - asparagus plants. Asparagus beetles, or Crioceris asparagi, are amazingly colourful, however, and despite them ...

The Cape sundew is just one of many carnivorous plants, but with an extremely unique appearnce. Read here to learn more about these plants.

Even at levels safe for humans, air pollution can disrupt the way some insects communicate with plants, and with each other.

A good chunk of the world's people are fine eating the nearly 2,000 species of edible bugs that share the globe with us. Anthropologists say early man depended on them. According to Pliny the Elder, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Maintaining high levels of hydration is essential for terrestrial gill function in pill bugs. The pleopodal lungs create a ...