Water bugs look like big cockroaches, but they're a completely different species. And they bite. Here's how to tell these two insects apart.

My pre-K students always jump at the opportunity to explore nature, and they also love digging into bugs. I previously assumed that lessons about insects were only possible in the springtime, but that ...

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David Kuchta, Ph.D. has 10 years of experience in gardening and has read widely in environmental history and the energy transition. An environmental activist since the 1970s, he is also a historian, ...

Feb. 19—ATHENS — A kiss has such romantic appeal, yet some kisses just end in heartbreak. A smooch from the Rhodnius prolixus, or the blood-sucking "kissing bug," could be characterized more like the ...

From the column: "I swear, the farther north you go the mosquitoes get larger. They are the size of aircraft carriers by the time you get to the Boundary Waters." ...