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Barbara Williams zeros in on a patch of yellow wildflowers with her binoculars. She leans in slightly, her beetle earrings jangling, and proclaims “that’s definitive.” Williams has spotted the rusty patched bumblebee. Perched on the petals of the cup plant, the bee is identifiable based on its black and white stripes and the tawny patch on its second abdominal segment. “She is undoubtedly a ...

Doctors in India had to work quickly to remove the disgusting creature from the patient's eye after it was spotted slithering around - it is believed to have been spread by a mosquito bite

Bühler, following on from its recently announced tie-up with the UK's Entocycle, is now partnering with NRGene Technologies, an Israeli genomics firm, in the field of black soldier flygenetics and processing.

Your less manicured garden has the potential to combat tackle climate change and help wildlife survive.

These invasive insects are already wreaking havoc in Europe and predominately in the UK, as nests have been found in East Sussex, Kent, Devon and Dorset.

In the last week, leafhoppers have invaded our house both inside and out. Suddenly I’m seeing dozens of brown wedge-shaped insects crawling all over my windows and screens. They are even on the kitchen walls. These annoying critters, also called planthoppers, are less than a ¼-inch long, and they keep me busy squishing them each day.

DANVILLE – Olive Branch Lodge No. 38 will hold its third annual Founders’ Day Celebration at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 10 at Spring Hill Cemetery, 301 E. Voorhees St.

Bug Day returns to Lake Metroparks' Penitentiary Glen Reservation for its 34th year from noon to 4 p.m. on Sept. 10.

After axing his band’s gigs over an “urgent family matter”, Travis Barker and his pregnant wife Kourtney Kardashian have been seen leaving a hospital in the LA area.

Thousands of mayflies were spotted flying over roads in the middle of Yiyang, a city located in southern China's Hunan Province, as residents fear it could be a 'harbinger' of something much worse