A discovery about how a common insect acquires a microbe that is essential for its growth may help in the control of an agricultural pest. The squash bug carries a gut bacterium that is essential for ...

Researchers found that bed bug nymphs developed 2.2 days faster than solitary nymphs -- a significant 7.3 percent difference. This study is the first ever to document the effects of aggregation on bed ...

Perhaps every child's favorite bug is the spittle bug, more often known in kid circles as the 'spit bug'. We start seeing them this time of the year. Big gobs of spit stuck on leaves and stems, as if ...