FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas -- The chief of the Medical Zoology Branch at the Army Medical Department Center and School, Fort Sam Houston makes it his mission to teach Soldiers about bugs, the diseases ...

It was a kind of quest, with a cast of characters like the Unicorn Clubtail, Coppery Emerald, Arrowhead Spiketail and Umber Shadowdragon, names straight out of a sword-and-sorcery novel. But biologist ...

In 2013, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations published a 200-page report promoting the practice of eating insects. The purpose of the report was to tell those of us in the West ...

In perhaps the most cringe-worthy writing since “Lolita,” a new book from U.C. Berkeley alums exposes the horrible little beasties that share our homes with us. In San Francisco you can forget about ...

JUNEAU -- One thing is certain about the majority of Alaska's aquatic insects: they won't be winning any beauty contests. These crawlers, swimmers and graspers boast characteristics such as sucking ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the crown jewel of the Southern Appalachians, an ancient landscape teeming with life — including what naturalist and explorer William Bartram in 1791 called ...

It’s probably been awhile — and that’s a problem, Oliver Milman writes in his new book, “The Insect Crisis.” By Thor Hanson When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn ...

If you’ve been thinking about apocalyptic events lately, you’ve had quite a few options to consider: pandemics, invasions, resurging fascism, choking on the smoke from wildfires that have become a ...