The "soft" tick C. kelleyi parasitizes bats. Its appearance in New Jersey may signal risks to people, pets, and livestock.

Loss of milkweed is the most likely reason for the incredible loss of monarchs, a new study of 1.4 million butterflies shows.

"People use pigs for finding truffles. It's a similar approach—using a biological organism—this is just a bit more sophisticated."

New evidence suggests that the way brains work across the animal kingdom goes back to a common source, researchers report.

Some fundamental farming strategies can limit damage from western corn rootworms, research finds.

"We have created a low-power, low-weight, wireless camera system that can capture a first-person view of what's happening from an actual live insect..."

"There is a link between the microbiome of bedbugs and the microbiome of household dust in bedbug infested homes."

Venus flytraps can not only snap shut when a fly or spider tickles their hairs, but also when slower prey trigger them, research finds.

Researchers have created a model of the brain that may clarify how the sense of smell actually works. It also mirrors insect brains.

All the adult Asian longhorned ticks found in the United States so far have been female. Here's why.