The agency is cutting animal testing of chemicals. Some scientists are concerned, but in the meantime the rats (and zebra ...

Four rare species have fluttered into view during my continuing quest to photograph the endangered Mount Charleston blue ...

The federal government plans to combat flesh-eating maggots threatening U.S. livestock by dropping millions of sterile flies ...

Swathed in bright and beautiful colors, butterflies (Lepidoptera) are among the most diverse animals on the planet. There are ...

A swarm of destructive wasp-like insects is spreading fast, and it could mean bad news for pine trees, holiday traditions, and your backyard.

Mosquitoes carrying the virus were first identified in Colorado in 2003. That year resulted in the most human cases of West ...

Fireflies light up summer nights across the Carolinas, but climate change, habitat loss and light pollution threaten their ...

The United States is projected to be the largest national market, reaching a value of USD 1,697.7 million by 2035, driven by ...

The U.S. government plans to release billions of sterilized flies over Mexico and southern Texas to fight a flesh-eating pest ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and dump them out of airplanes over Mexico ...

Within three months, a shipment of small branches arrived in California. The branches carried not only cottony cushion scale, ...

There is already a fly factory in Panama, capable of breeding up to 117 million flies a week. But that is now considered inadequate by the US, which wants to quadruple production and has earmarked ...