This return is a sign of an increasingly healthy ecosystem. Experts thrilled after rediscovering rare species last seen ...

The chocolate industry's insatiable demand for cocoa is pushing the Goliath beetle to the brink of extinction.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists at Washington Dulles International Airport intercepted two rare insects in a shipment of flowers from South Africa, officials announced ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A rare pest never before recorded by United States agricultural officials was discovered earlier this year at the U.S.-Mexico border, according to U.S. Customs and ...

According to the team, the relationship between the blow fly larvae and termites appears to be some form of social parasitism ...

Skiers are happy. And so is a rare insect known as an ice crawler. While most bugs go dormant during cold weather, these fellas thrive in it. In fact, some of them are scuttling about on Mount ...

TASS/. A Sri Lankan court sentenced three Russian scientists to about $14,419 fine each for illegal collection of rare insects; they will not be able to leave the country until they pay the fine ...

Some very rare insects are entirely dependent on a single plant species. For example, there is a small, endangered species of beetle that feeds only on the Lundy cabbage (Rhychosinapis wrightii).

The researchers focused on the rare males of Ramulus mikado, a stick insect species in Japan, where parthenogenesis is predominant. Their analysis of male reproductive behavior reveals new findings.

However, the rates at which these insects visited the flowers were very low. Our results raise important concerns about how forest management practices affect the survival of rare plants, as well as ...