Standing in a tropical forest at night, you might hear what sounds like a small bird calling from high in the canopy. Listen ...

Each night at sunset, a handful of plants "fall asleep." Species as diverse as legumes and daisies curl up their leaves and petals for the evening and do not unfurl until morning. Now, a new study ...

By Liah Continentino Florida is no stranger to introduced species. From green iguanas to Brazilian pepper, many non-native plants and animals have settled into our environment. While some cause little ...

Through pollination and feeding on all parts of plants, insects influence which plants thrive, which struggle, and even ...

Paleontologists, including researchers from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MfN), have described the oldest insect larval feeding tunnels inside leaves, also known as leaf mines, along with ...

Planthoppers and leafhoppers not only feed on rice plants but also act as highly efficient vectors for plant viruses, causing ...

Winter doesn’t have to mean a lifeless garden or a silent backyard. Even when frost creeps in and most plants retreat, some ...

Common European spittlebugs secretly spread a deadly bacterium, Xylella fastidiosa, threatening over 600 plant species.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — How far would leaf-eating insects go to dine on their favorite food? Perhaps the other side of the world, according to researchers at Penn State who found insect damage on ...

A bee searches for pollen on a flower during a sunny spring day in Belgrade, Serbia, Friday, April 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic) (CN) — Something as innocuous as a streetlight left on all night ...

Your mosquito-repelling plants aren't working. It's likely because you've yet to pair them with methods to make the most of ...