But why would a plant spend so much time and energy doing this? The answer is reproduction – the titan arum needs pollinators ...

and Stephanitis spp.). These insects can be found on many landscape plants around your neighborhood. In small numbers, they ...

Seventeen new species of plant bugs—a group of insects with a strawlike mouth used to feed on plant and animal matter—have ...

New research suggests that plants seem to be emitting sounds and engaging in unheard conversations, especially when they're ...

If you have a place for them, consider making small brush piles of your shrub and tree trimming around your yard. This will ...

Mimicry in animals is a common form of protection from predators. For instance, two distasteful or toxic butterflies may ...

With tubular leaves filled with digestive fluids, pitcher plants trap insects and even small frogs. Once prey falls in, slippery walls prevent escape, leading them into the plant’s liquid interior.

Many gardeners put off the task of planting fall color because of the dry conditions. If you want late fall through early ...

If you're short on beneficial insects, your garden ecosystem is telling you it needs more diversity. So, plant flowers to call more bug friends in, especially Australian natives and exotics such ...

Think twice before cleaning up your leaf litter this fall, a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert advises. Whether you ...

to support bug-based sustainable fertilizer production in the US. The firm, which is planning a large-scale black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) rearing and processing facility next to an ADM corn milling ...

Planting an oak tree, if you have the room, provides acorns and leaves that feed and provide cover for millions of organisms and species while also sequestering carbon.