I remember when people casually referred to all striped invertebrates as “bees,” when all insects were “bugs” and any such thing that buzzed in their vicinity required hosing with lethal poison. Some ...

Unseen and unheard, insects are all around us. And with more than a million different species, each one perfectly adapted to its environment, no other form of animal life comes close to matching ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...