An invasive insect no bigger than a pinky fingernail is spreading rapidly across the Southern United States, and farmers are on edge. According to the Albany Herald, the cotton jassid, a tiny, bright ...

An invasive insect is making its way across Michigan, and state officials are asking the public for help in tracking where it ...

Psychology says people who are scared of cockroaches, bugs or house lizard aren't always reacting without reason. Psychology ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Arizona's plants and creepy crawlers are always trying to hurt you. Or at least that's how the joke goes, and it certainly does ...

A hand holds a shovel with white, powdery diatomaceous earth over small plants in a garden. Gardeners use diatomaceous earth to keep plant-eating insects at bay. The remains of fossilized diatoms, the ...

InsectNet -- which is backed by a dataset of 12 million insect images, including many collected by citizen-scientists -- provides identification and predictions for more than 2,500 insect species at ...

Raid is a popular option for killing bugs and keeping them out of your home. From environmental impacts to health concerns, ...

New research is shining a light on one of genetics' enduring puzzles—how the workings of the so-called "selfish gene" could be harnessed to control harmful insect populations. By understanding the ...

Summer won't officially start until June 20, but Texas pests might have missed the memo. Insects and arachnids have started to become a bother for Texans. While some are innocent in nature, others can ...