Although ants are part of the natural ecosystem, having them invade your home is not ideal, but there's an aromatic essential oil you can use to keep them out.

Ants may be tiny – but by working together they build complex societies and solve many problems. They might even teach humans ...

Virginia Tech scientists have discovered that common ants could help detect spotted lanternflies — invasive insects that have ...

Due to chemicals, light pollution and other factors, fireflies are dwindling in numbers compared to a few decades ago.

W hile both fire ants and red ants are red in color, they are not interchangeable. One major difference between them is the ...

The flight from San Jose takes just under two hours, our twin-engine plane gliding low over jungled hills, white beaches and ...

Oregon botanist Suzie Savoie uses wildflowers to transform home gardens into water-wise, fire-resistant pollinator havens.

Summer is typically prime time for bugs, but recent rainstorms have kicked ant activity into overdrive. Pest control experts say they have seen a rise in calls about ant infestations in part due to ...

Wood ants fill their nests with foraged spruce resin, which has antibacterial and antifungal effects. We can learn a lot from bug herbalists ... a practice so widespread it’s known as “leaf-swallowing ...

Carolina wrens are small and stocky, with a slightly down-curved bill. They’re colored in shades of rich reddish-brown above ...

“Unlike termites, carpenter ants do not eat wood,” writes Ashley Kulhanek and Curtis Young in an OSU post on ants and dead ...

Apply pesticides: Ant baits containing a slow-acting poison like boric acid are effective for many household ant species, especially those with a sweet tooth. Foraging ants carry the bait back to the ...