The USDA best describes the etymology of the name screwworm: ...

DEP monitors and treats 48 rivers and streams spanning more than 1,800 miles for black flies, also knows as gnats.

While it may be an unfamiliar sensation to humans, electroreception is relatively commonplace in the animal kingdom. Sharks, bees and even the platypus all share this ability to detect electric fields ...

Fruit fly larvae can sense electric fields and navigate using sensory neurons, as discovered by researchers at UC Santa Barbara.

"Once the egg hatches, the ant has only a few weeks of life before it succumbs to the manipulations of its attacker, ...

Warm temperatures, humidity, and standing water create the perfect environment for mosquitoes to breed, especially in the spring. And with more rain on the way, we need to be ready for them!

Fish will hold near the bottom of the deeper pools and runs where the flow is slowed by the bottom of the river as well as in ...

For a brief period of a few weeks in the summer, male stag beetles (Lucanus cervus) fly in search of a mate. They use their spectacular jaws to wow the ladies and conduct dramatic duels with their ...