A video circulating online shows a small sap-sucking insect called an aphid, not a genetically modified mosquito with a number stamped on it released by philanthropist Bill Gates, as online posts ...

Normally, animals get their DNA from their parents. But a new study shows that they can also get genes from another species. In fact, animals can even take genes from creatures outside of the animal ...

Evolution is unfolding in real time within many natural animal populations and researchers are now observing how this influences biodiversity in the field. In a newly published study in Molecular ...

ARCO — University of Idaho Extension educator David Callister’s Monday morning routine from mid-June through mid-September entails visiting four area seed potato fields and transferring bugs from ...

Pests are the bane of a gardener's existence, with a myriad of insects eager to feast on your plants. From slugs that have an appetite for the leaves of virtually any plant you're cultivating, to ...

One of the many things local farming ants do is tend herds of aphids. Ants protect their aphid herds from predators, and ...

Viruses and bacteria often act as parasites, infecting a host, reproducing at its expense and causing disease and death. But not always – sometimes, their infections are positively beneficial and on ...

The warm, still weather of May is great for us and for many plants and animals, but some of these creatures are a nuisance. Each year aphids and other insects are poised, ready to start feeding on ...