A palmate newt doesn’t have to grow up if it doesn’t want to. This small European amphibian can spend its entire adult life underwater, gills and all, reproducing without ever leaving the pond. The ...

Everybody’s getting ready for the annual social sector lollapalooza in Oxford, and there have never been so many sessions with the word “scale” in the title. There seems to be a collective recognition ...

Last year Kenya Wildlife Service warned of a growing demand for garden ants in Europe and Asia, where some people view them as exotic pets. An attempt to smuggle over 2,000 garden ants out of the ...

Chinese national Zhang Keng Kun who was found carrying 1,948 garden ant queens at JKIA when he appeared before the JKIA Law Courts on March 11, 2026. Last year Kenya Wildlife Service warned of a ...

Explore the incredible transformation of a mealworm beetle as it emerges from its pupal stage in this captivating time-lapse video. Watch the pupa twitch and subtly change before splitting open, ...

Scale insects are one of the most common and tenacious pest of ornamental plants. “Scales are tiny insects that appear rounded and flat with a waxy coating, like a little shield,” says Alejandro ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. “We have to get used to the idea of eating insects.” This proclamation came from, of ...

Scale insects can be difficult to identify. At a first glance, they look like small bumps on the stems of leaves of your plants, making them easy to mistake as part of the plant itself. But beneath ...

French startup Ÿnsect shot into the spotlight when “Iron Man” star Robert Downey Jr. touted its merits on the “Late Show” during Super Bowl weekend 2021. Now, nearly four years later, the insect ...