For Zach DeVries, an assistant professor of Urban Entomology at the University of Kentucky who works with its Cooperative Extension Service, this is the time of year he gets the most calls about ...

Flying ants and termites are not the same thing. Here are the differences and what you can do about an infestation.

From mosquitoes, ants, flies, roaches and more, bugs are everywhere when it’s warm. This summer’s crop of creepy crawlers look ugly and sinister. But don’t be fooled by their sizes. The small ones can ...

Tom Oder is a writer, editor, and communication expert who specializes in sustainability and the environment with a sweet spot for urban agriculture. Imagine that you’re preparing dinner when suddenly ...

At entomologist parties, flying ants are discussed with words such as “nuisance” or “irritating.” Termites, however, are on the other side of this spectrum; whole sentences are used, as in, “Have you ...

Dr. Elizabeth Yuko is a bioethicist and adjunct professor of ethics at Fordham University. She has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, CNN & Playboy. One ...