Tom Wassmer is crouched down in a pasture, staring very intently at some cow manure. Wassmer is pointing at a nondescript dung beetle, no bigger than a grain of rice, with a shiny black head and a ...

When second-graders at Greenbriar West Elementary study insects, they do it wholeheartedly through art, science and writing. They even had live crickets in their classrooms, and teachers Gayle ...

Even at levels safe for humans, air pollution can disrupt the way some insects communicate with plants, and with each other.

While some gardeners still think that any bug in the garden is a bad bug, change is in the air. Most plant-lovers now realize that insects and plants go hand-in-hand and that there are far more ...

We've all noticed how much insects love to fly around lights. But why? Many answers have been proposed; some have suggested that insects have a direct attraction to the light itself; others have said ...

Notice any small creatures with super powers around your house or yard lately? Trout Lake Nature Center will have a program at 9:30 a.m. Saturday that focuses on the small wildlife that inhabits your ...

All around us, insects are speaking to each other: jockeying for mates, searching for food, and trying to avoid becoming someone else’s next meal. Some of this communication is easy to spot—like the ...

Join us Saturday, May 13 for a workshop with Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University Extension, Entomologist from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Burlington Library on 321 14 th Street in Burlington, ...

Researchers have shown that damselflies learn how to choose the right mate when two species co-exist locally. The choice of mate is not only a matter of genetic and instinctive behavior, as has often ...

Entomologists say insects are declining at alarming rates — one major study estimates we’re losing 2% in total insect biomass every year. Now, the National Academy of Sciences is preparing to embark ...