As spring has begun and the weather warms up, keep bug spray on you. Gnats are a South Carolina staple and follow closely ...

Pune: Imagine opening a tap in your kitchen to fill a bottle and spotting scores of wriggling little red worms appear in the murky, smelly water. This.

Scientists made a disturbing discovery while investigating Antarctic midges, the only insects native to Antarctica, ...

It is hard to believe that life can survive in Antarctica. Despite its harsh conditions, hardy flora and fauna do just that ...

New research led by Queen’s University Belfast reveals that biting midges, the insects responsible for transmitting bluetongue virus, can survive colder temperatures than previously thought, having ...

New research [1] from Queen’s University Belfast shows that biting midges - the insects responsible for spreading bluetongue virus - can survive far colder temperatures than previously thought, ...

Two female parasitoid wasps depositing their eggs in the larvae of the gall midge hidden in a reed shoot. The tiny gall midge larvae feed within plant tissue creating bumps, known as “plant galls”.

Even in the world’s most remote ecosystems, human pollution is leaving a trace. A new international study reveals that Belgica antarctica (Antarctica’s only native insect) is already ingesting ...

Antarctica often feels like the last place plastic pollution could reach. Ice covers the land, human activity is limited, and the continent seems isolated from the daily environmental damage seen ...

GOTHAM FC FORWARD Margaret “Midge” Purce—the two-time National Women’s Soccer League champion, entrepreneur, and activist—has the same 24 hours in a day as everyone else. She swears. “I scroll a lot ...