Skunks mate from February to March in California, according to A-Z Animals. Skunks are polygamous, and male skunks travel up to 5 miles during mating season looking for love with as many potential ...

Farmers are turning to crop rotation, sharp scouting, and diversified tactics — along with Bt — to keep the pest from taking ...

Termites did not evolve complex societies by adding new genetic features. Instead, scientists found that they became more ...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has issued a statewide disaster declaration in order to better equip state agencies to prevent the potential spread of the New World Screwworm fly into Texas and to better ...

They are exceptional but fragile. Yet the orchid mantis is one of the most expensive exotic pet insects, and people happily ...

Tap a small beetle on a table and it may suddenly collapse, tuck in its legs, and lie perfectly still. Many insects do this. Weevils, click beetles, leaf beetles, certain ladybirds, some stick insects ...

Of all the intriguing insects out there, the Photuris firefly has always been one of my favorites. This “femme fatale” uses light as a weapon, mimicking the specific flashing mating signals of other ...

When winter is upon us, we are aware of our shorter days and colder temperatures. And so we get out our winter coats, hats, gloves and scarves; fill our cars with antifreeze; turn up the heat in our ...

Uh oh. There is something crawling in your food. Oh, wait. That is your food. Are you grossed out by the thought of eating insects? Opinion: The US must take Greenland, whatever the cost 'This is a ...

Around 100 trillion insects fly in the skies above the USA on a summer's day, according to estimates by researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) and ...

Spotify's 2025 Wrapped, a personalized summary of users' listening habits, was released on Dec. 3. Users can find their Wrapped summary on the home screen of the updated Spotify mobile app. Other ...

In this episode of Tiny Show and Tell Us, we read an email from a listener who, as a kid, shared a fun fact with her classroom: polar bears have black skin. Her teacher not only told her she was wrong ...