The white stuff that engulfs these flies is a fungus called Entomophthora muscae — Entomophthora translates to “ destroyer of ...

More than 60 insect species are known to feed on the tree, which has leaves that flutter, even in a gentle breeze, giving it ...

The husband and wife owners of a funeral home accused of piling 190 bodies inside a room-temperature building in Colorado while giving grieving families fake ashes were expected to ...

For “host” plants, which caterpillars are attracted to, try asters (again), along with dills and milkweeds ... And ...

A marvelous array of insects may find a winter habitat in and under your fallen leaves ... If you see them in your yard in summer, they may be overwintering there too—in the form of egg, caterpillar, ...

Planting an oak tree, if you have the room, provides acorns and leaves that feed and provide cover for millions of organisms and species while also sequestering carbon.

“Some of these creatures, they're a caterpillar during the summer and then in the winter, they're in that cocoon waiting for ...

University of Maryland entomologists have uncovered a unique relationship between two species of fungi known for their ...

One strain tacitly invaded the front segments of an insect host, while the other colonized the back segments, with the two invaded territories distinctly separated by a remarkably sharp dividing line ...

Vermont’s bat population, like many across the country, is in trouble. For over a decade, a fungal disease called White-nose syndrome (WNS) has devastated bat populations nationwide. The disease has ...

AN orange zombie fungus that sprouts from the backs of caterpillars could be used to fight cancer, new research suggests. Scientists have found the fungus, called Cordyceps, works by stopping cell ...