An ant and fly from the Cretaceous period offer insights into the history of Ophiocordyceps, the fungal parasite made popular ...

Every summer in London, millions of winged ants emerge in a synchronized spectacle known as "Flying Ant Day"—a brief frenzy ...

Long before humans walked the Earth, while dinosaurs were still roaming the land, a parasitic fungus hijacked the mind of a ...

The bugs, officially called Plecia longiforceps, earned their nickname from their distinctive mating behaviour, flying attached ... debate over pest control methods. “They have a disgusting appearance ...

In the 1940s and 50s, cowboys carried a stick to treat cattle infested with screwworms. The stick was used to scrape the ...

In the 1940s and 1950s, cowboys carried a stick to treat cattle infested with screwworms. The stick was used to scrape the ...

Idaho residents have a new summer pest to worry about: the elm seed bug (Arocatus melanocephalus). These insects, about 6 mm ...

A widely-used agricultural chemical sprayed on fruits and vegetables to prevent fungal disease is also killing beneficial ...

Cretaceous amber has pushed back the evolutionary timeline of one of nature’s most bizarre parasitic relationships: the infamous “zombie-ant” fungi. Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences ...