A biological war is being waged in strawberry fields and it has created a booming business in predatory bugs. The bugs have provided sustainable pest control options that are working where pesticides ...

Drones are emerging as the latest tool in biological pest control on Australian farms. A former Queensland strawberry farmer turned inventor has begun using drones to spread predatory insects over ...

A new species of assassin bug has been discovered in the wilds of Australia that uses a “tool” to capture its prey. It’s one of several species scientists have documented using complex methods to ...

Parasitoid insects, unlike parasites, kill their hosts by consuming them during their larval stage. Most parasitoids are small wasps and flies, and they infect a wide range of insects and arachnids.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Taxonomy is a rare profession that involves meticulously describing animals and plants, and comparing them to similar species.

Only one of the UK's four species of the tree-top living insects are found in Scotland.

Hidden within the tiny world of insects, a macro wildlife camera captured an intense close-up encounter between a red predatory bug and its struggling prey perched on a flower. At first glance the ...

We all want to protect our veggies and fruits from pesky garden pests that ruin crops and spread diseases. While chemical control methods are the go-to option these days, experts agree that natural ...

Three-hundred million years ago, the skies of the late Palaeozoic era were buzzing with giant insects. Meganeuropsis permiana, a predatory insect resembling a modern-day dragonfly, had a wingspan of ...