Fireflies face numerous threats contributing to their decline, but this summer's humid nights have them out in force in some ...

That fluid drops into the potting soil, encouraging mold growth. ... Thrips are tiny, plant-sucking insects, similar to ...

A new study published in the journal Soil Ecology Letters, shows the importance of old termite mounds as habitats for a wide ...

They provide us with food, pollinate plants, control pests, and recycle nutrients back into the soil. It is estimated that there are over ten quintillion (10,000,000,000,000,000) individual ...

Pill bugs like to live in moist, shady environments. ... Plus, they help recycle decaying matter back into the environment, and their activities stimulate soil bacteria.

Insect droppings, commonly known as insect frass, may seem useless and downright disgusting, but scientists found that this waste can improve soil health when added as a fertilizer in farming.

For the first time, an extremely rare ant has been seen alive.. Tyrannomyrmex rex (T. rex for short) had eluded scientists since 2003, when entomologist Fernando Fernández revealed that a single ...

Cicada expert Matthew Kasson told CBS News in 2024 that the exact timing of a brood's emergence is linked to the temperature of the soil they're in before moving above ground. Kasson said cicadas ...

In an elaborate experiment, scientists discovered that the insects chose to hibernate in soil full of pesticides and other poisons. By Darren Incorvaia North-facing, sloping ground with loose ...

These tiny insects live in colonies with millions of others, working together as a team to forage, defend their nests and care for their young. As spring arrives, ants emerge from their winter hiding ...

Organisms such as insects live in and out of fields all year round, as eggs in the soil, as larvae or caterpillars in the vegetation and as adult insects in both habitats.

This space, between snowpack and soil, shelters small insects, amphibians,and mammals from freezing temperatures. Arthropods as a whole are understudied, says Chris Ziadeh, graduate of the University ...