Hello summer! As the mercury rises, so do those swarms of pests playing havoc with our picnics, outdoor entertaining – and ultimately zeroing into our homes. Whether they’re targeting our drinks or ...

In 1950, ornithologists Elizabeth and David Lack were watching birds migrate through a Pyrenean mountain pass on the border between France and Spain when they stumbled across something extraordinary – ...

Concern about insect losses has grown steadily, but most evidence comes from small studies focused on certain species or ...

As the weather cools, we’re not the only ones heading indoors. When temperatures drop, flying insects like fruit flies, gnats ...

Pest authorities are sounding the alarm over an impending boom in flying ant numbers thanks to a weather pattern that brings alternating spells of rain and warmth. This year's Flying Ant Day – the ...

A project asking people to count squashed bugs on their car number plates suggests flying insects have declined by nearly four-fifths in 20 years. The citizen science survey led by Kent Wildlife Trust ...

Around 100 trillion insects fly in the skies above the USA on a summer's day, according to estimates by researchers from the ...

A: The short answer is that these small black bugs in the house that aren’t fruit flies could be a number of different types of insects, from gnats to ants to flies. While gnat bugs are technically a ...

Scientists may have solved the mystery of why flying insects are attracted to lights at night. A new study suggests the behaviour is due to insects mistaking the light for the direction of “up”. The ...

Using weather radar data, researchers estimated that roughly 100 trillion insects are flying above the United States on a ...

Chafer, beetle, lice and other insects with sprig of buckthorn by Jan van Kessel, early 1650s, photo: Ashmolean Museum / Heritage Images / Getty Images What do we think of when we hear the word insect ...