Deep within tropical forests, the Ophiocordyceps fungus transforms insects into "zombies" by infiltrating their bodies and manipulating their behavior. This parasitic fungus compels its hosts to ...

When creepy crawlies find their way into your home, grabbing a shoe or a bottle of bug spray is a natural response. But what ...

Here's which Florida cities made this list of the most bed bug-infested cities in the U.S. and how to identify and prevent these pests.

Manitoba Agriculture officials are back monitoring the annual migration of true army worms. The province has put out about 50 moth traps to get a sense of where the adults are in 2025. So far, ...

Summer won't officially start until June 20, but Texas pests might have missed the memo. Insects and arachnids have started to become a bother for Texans. While some are innocent in nature, others ...

Although pepper plants should be spaced 18 inches apart, herbs like parsley can be planted closer because they don't grow as tall and won't compete for space. Planting parsley this way provides a ...

A particularly gruesome example of insect zombification occurs when parasitic wasps lay their eggs inside caterpillars. The larvae chew their way through the caterpillar to spin their cocoons on ...

A skin infection occurs when parasites, fungi, or germs such as bacteria break into the skin. Here, learn more about skin infections and what they look like.

The wasps, when released, should lay eggs in the bodies of the borers. When the eggs hatch, the larvae consume the borer, quickly mature and seek more borers to parasitize.

After growing up inside a “grass taco,” a grass skipper butterfly emerges and woos a mate.

Another ZSI team led by Dr Rajmohana K identified four new species of parasitic wasps — Calotelea acuta, C chitraka, C foveata and C fulva — in the Western Ghats. The discoveries increase the ...

Deep within the moist, shaded understories of the subtropical forests of Shimoshima Island in Japan, parasitic plants known as Balanophora thrive. These plants, which depend on the roots of other ...