For years, workers at the Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House in Chesterfield have kept track of the questions asked most frequently by guests. Queries such as “Where do butterflies come from?” and “What ...

Here's the good news: boxelders don't bite or sting, and they don't spread disease. They won't eat away at your home, like ...

The invention of sliced bread, for all the acclaim it occasioned, offered little more than an ergonomic advantage. It spared mothers’ fingertips and accelerated the proliferation of the PB&J, but the ...

On a whim, Jack Forrester ’23 ventured out to Deer Island peninsula in Boston Harbor one late July day, hoping that he, at ...

A team led by Assistant Professor Noelia Lander studies the parasite that causes Chagas disease. Lander supports a call this ...

With backing from GM, ethanol start-up hosts a tour of its biotech lab, where scientists are genetically engineering microorganisms that they hope will bring a breakthrough in ethanol production.

Bee-lieve it or not, this Sunday is the 13th annual Arizona Insect Festival in Tucson. The free event is put on by the University of Arizona’s Department of Entomology.

Discover the hidden brilliance of bugs at the Bug Lab exhibit at the Perot Museum. Experience larger-than-life models, immersive bug chambers, and hands-on activities that reveal how insect genius ...

Experts say "kissing bugs" are spreading in the U.S. Know where they are, how to identify them and how to know the symptoms ...