Cockroaches are evolutionary masterpieces, possessing specialized biological traits and resilient behaviours that have allowed them to survive five mass extinctions.

Every bumble bee colony has a queen, but a new study led by researchers at Penn State suggests the process of determining which baby bee reigns supreme may be less monarchal than the royal title ...

A detailed macro shot of a tick during the molting process with its old outer shell visible, captured in a scientific yet ...

For reptiles, shedding allows them to increase their size and stay healthy. For insects and crustaceans, shedding becomes ...

While every bumble bee colony has a queen, the process for becoming that queen bee may be a bit more democratic than ...

On a humid night on Barro Colorado Island in Panama, a research team collecting insects beneath a lamp spotted something that ...

Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne illness, primarily transmitted through the bite of an infected blacklegged tick ...

When the wasp larva hatches, it hijacks the spider’s behavior — maybe through a bite that delivers a chemical cocktail resembling the spider’s natural molting hormones. The spider then begins building ...

In late summer, queen bumblebees stand out easily. They are much larger than the worker bees around them and move more slowly between flowers. But queens and workers actually begin life the same way – ...

Big cockroaches live beneath Price Hall at Virginia Tech University. The stately, gray, five-story building, built of stone over a century ago, houses the school's entomology department, whose faculty ...

Finding bedbugs can be traumatic. Learn how to identify, remove, and prevent these pests from returning to your home.

The deer tick ( Ixodes scapularis), also known as the black-legged tick, is not an insect but an arachnid. As it feeds on a ...