Centipedes (Chilopoda) are arthropods with long, flat, segmented bodies. Each segment, except the last, sports a pair of legs ...

A majority of the insects you see in your garden don’t harm plants and are, in fact, “beneficials” because they benefit your ...

Four men were recently arrested and fined for attempting to smuggle more than 5,000 ants out of Kenya. Aiming to sell them as ...

The Petal can identify over 2,000 species and generate narrated nature documentaries from what it captures.

May 16—Anyone who has spent May in the Northland has noticed that, along with the greening of the flora and the warm temperatures, we experience an influx of myriad insects. With the chill early ...

When your immune system detects harmful microbes, your body raises its internal temperature to create a hostile environment. Turning up the heat suppresses the proliferation of invaders. In short, the ...

The white silk nests that are often destroyed by people are actually an important factor in the life of the eastern tent ...

For instance, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature tracks potential threats challenging insect conservation; however, a huge number of these are never mentioned in recent ...

Retired teacher Larry Weber, of Barnum, is the author of “Butterflies of the North Woods" and “Spiders of the North Woods," among other books. Reach him via Katie Rohman at krohman@duluthnews ...