Q: Our rose leaves suddenly began to turn brown (see reader's photo). Any idea what is happening? A: The damage is actually caused by the larvae of a sawfly insect. They are commonly called rose slugs ...

Insects are everywhere, crawling across sidewalks, hanging out in our gardens, and even invading our homes. Despite inhabiting nearly every corner of the planet, many of the most common insect species ...

July and August in the vegetable garden typically bring bountiful harvests of colorful vegetables. These are also the months when insect pests can really make their presence known, with plant and ...

Researchers in Spain have shown a novel way for insects to travel—as larval stowaways in the guts of migrating birds. “It’s the first time insects have been shown to be carried inside birds,” reports ...

image: Identification of the first luciferin-producing insect belonging to the order Diptera in the Neotropics paves the way for researchers to investigate other biochemical functions of the molecule ...