Zombies are real – not in the walking dead sense, but there are parasites that can hack the brains of living creatures and ...

It won’t be as bad as last spring, but the second-largest group of cicadas, known as Brood XIV will return from their 17-year ...

A peculiar insect that thrives in the muddy riverbed of the Red River ... shedding into “vo” that flutters aimlessly for about 15 minutes before molting again. This quirky growth process earned it the ...

What Does a Mayfly Insect Look Like? If you’ve ever seen ... And you’re right, they do molt. Other winged insects, like dragonflies or butterflies, only molt their exoskeleton (or “skin ...

In spring the eggs complete embryonic devlopment and hatch. The young grasshopper sheds a serosal skin, the exoskeleton hardens, and the nymph begins to feed and grow. After molting five times and ...

Molting replaces damaged feathers and also helps ... and then flare their tails as they trap the insect," CornellLab said. How many chicks do purple martins hatch each year? Females lay one ...

Once the nymphs find somewhere to stop on their climbs, they molt and the adult cicada will ... can actually observe this magical part of the insect metamorphosis," Reall said.

a $45-an-acre synthetic insecticide branded as Mimic that kills caterpillars by causing premature molting, and BtK, a $90-an-acre organic insecticide that kills caterpillars by destroying the gut ...

Most people think cockroaches are disgusting. And if you've ever turned on a kitchen light, to find them skittering for dark ...

After the Legislature failed to pass $2 million in emergency funding, spraying this spring will cover only about 85% of the area threatened by the forest pest.

Marbeth gives us a lovely shot of this spring male eastern bluebird, a species that should be making its way back to New Brunswick during the coming weeks of April and May. The eastern bluebird is ...