A fly is going about its day, buzzing here, buzzing there — but then, it starts behaving weirdly. Its movements become sluggish, its abdomen swells. Its body sprouts white fuzz. Around sunset, there’s ...

As night falls over Australia's forests, grasslands and backyards, the hidden world of nocturnal insects stirs to life. In many ecosystems, overall insect activity actually peaks at night, especially ...

String lights can turn a plain slab of concrete into a place people actually want to linger, but they also flip a switch for ...

A: The short answer is that these small black bugs in the house that aren’t fruit flies could be a number of different types of insects, from gnats to ants to flies. While gnat bugs are technically a ...

Concern about insect losses has grown steadily, but most evidence comes from small studies focused on certain species or places. That makes it hard to understand what is happening at larger scales. A ...

Over the past few weeks, you may have noticed some unseasonable insects flying around, especially on the warm fall days that we have been having here in New Jersey. Maybe you were swarmed by gnats on ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS — Did you know that flying ...