The iNaturalist cellphone app not only helps users identify plant, animal and insect species; it also provides invaluable ...

For youth who love the outdoors, Wonders of Waterfowl was more than just a regular Saturday. They waded through knee-deep water to capture water-borne invertebrates, rolled the dice to determine their ...

Chennai: From a jumping spider to a damselfly and unique snails, nine species were recently discovered during a faunal survey ...

A man has been arrested in connection with a wildfire that burned in El Dorado County earlier this month, according to CAL FIRE.Officials say 53-year-old Mark M Narcotics bust nets cocaine, MDMA, ...

Pharmaceuticals have a wide range of detrimental side effects on people. Scientists also know that pharmaceutical pollution is widespread in aquatic ecosystems, largely due to wastewater outflows and ...

Insects are everywhere, crawling across sidewalks, hanging out in our gardens, and even invading our homes. Despite inhabiting nearly every corner of the planet, many of the most common insect species ...

Biologists at the University of Costa Rica have uncovered 16 new species of leafhoppers after examining insect collections that sat untouched in museums for over three decades. The find also includes ...

“Most people living with Chagas disease are unaware of their diagnosis, often until it’s too late to have effective treatment," an infectious disease expert said Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer ...

A thousand meters up in a humid, cloud-covered forest, amidst a slew of twigs and limbs, an onlooker spotted something different—this branch had legs. But even for a stick insect, a forest dweller ...

After seeing a picture of the stick insect on social media, the researchers spent days trying to find and collect it for further research. Ross M. Coupland Scientists in Australia say they’ve found a ...