Insects are found almost everywhere and in all environments. They inhabited the earth before the dinosaurs — and are still with us today! We know of about 1 million species, but biologists think there ...

Mosquitoes flap their wings not just to stay aloft but for two other critical purposes: to generate sound and to point that buzz in the direction of a potential mate, researchers at Johns Hopkins ...

And odds are, cicadas and their mating calls are getting on your nerves. Yet, it’s a good sound if you’re looking forward to the coming storms, folklore says. "Rain will occur about a week after ...

Ahh, the sweet sound of September cicadas. Incredibly, that noisy buzzing bug can reach 90 decibels, which is as loud as everyone’s favorite Toro lawn mower. According to farmers’ folklore, the first ...

Last week, the Newberry County Sheriff's Office was swarmed by phone calls from local residents who were concerned about a particular sound they were hearing outdoors. "We had several calls about a ...

Cicadas are back in full swing in Southern Arizona, but according to University of Arizona entomologists, they’ve arrived later than usual and in lower numbers. These big, buzzing bugs, which ...

Black bugs clustered on the awnings and walls of Café Du Monde and elsewhere in the French Quarter Wednesday. Thousands of them. Maybe millions. But they did not stop visitors from washing down ...