Bark beetles can destroy spruce forests by converting the trees' defences into even more toxic substances, scientists ...

Kelli Carroll, a zookeeper at the Lake Superior Zoo, introduces The Lift to the zoo’s blue-death feigning beetles.

This is because the beetle can break down the plant-derived compounds (phenolic glucosides) via a water-mediated process ...

Every other day inside a lab on the third floor of the St. John Plant Science Laboratory building on the University of Hawaii ...

The goldspotted oak-borer, an invasive beetle responsible for killing 200,000 trees in Southern California, is now present in ...

Spruce bark beetles hijack their host tree’s chemical defenses, transforming them into potent weapons against fungal threats.

Native fungi from forests killed emerald ash borers in lab tests, offering a potential new biological tool to slow the ...

Bark beetles convert spruce tree defenses into more potent antimicrobials to protect themselves, but a fungus can neutralize ...

The Namib desert of south-western Africa can be extremely hot—the surface temperature can be over 50°C. But a surprising ...

These pests look like ladybugs but can bite humans and cause discomfort for dogs You may have not fully recovered from the photo that circulated two years ago of Asian lady beetles covering the roof ...

Invasive goldspotted oak borers have been newly detected in Ventura County. UC ANR is calling on community scientists to ...

If you’ve been seeing spots and smelling something odd, chances are, these bugs have been inviting themselves into your home. At first glance, they look like a cute ladybug, but get too close and they ...