"We know that daytime migratory insects use the sun, so testing the starry sky seemed an obvious thing to try." ...

Scientists are reporting a global decline in the firefly population. But conservation efforts and some favorable weather may be helping the insects.

Use repellants on exposed skin if you must be outdoors. Oil of lemon eucalyptus, picaridin and higher concentrations of DEET ...

A study conducted at the University of Haifa has found that more than 700 million migratory insects cross northern Israel each year at altitudes of several hundred meters. They time their flights ...

Purple martins roost in large numbers of hundreds of thousands of individuals to prepare for their annual migration to South ...

Berks County is divided into three jurisdictions: Reading, Muhlenberg Township and the rest of the county. Reading and ...

In Vermont, researchers have investigated the types of creepy, crawly bugs that their avian predators consume and may have ...

This summer has been a good year for viewing lightning bugs or fireflies because of several weather conditions. Here's what ...

In one sense, it’s odd to associate any firefly with youth, for by the time we see them lighting up our nights, they are ...

Scott Brook Preserve has adapted trails to navigate around four dams built by these natural engineers. It's also a great spot ...

Black flies are a small, flying insect often with a "humpbacked" appearance that bite animals including humans to suck their ...

Due to surging temperatures and climate change, animals such as puffins, red squirrels, and hedgehogs face going extinct in ...