Learn how to identify bugs in your home with our handy pest checklist and you'll quickly be on your way to banish them for good. Our guide features the 17 most common household pests, details their ...

A discovery about how a common insect acquires a microbe that is essential for its growth may help in the control of an agricultural pest. The squash bug carries a gut bacterium that is essential for ...

Don't let the bed bugs bite. The tiny, blood-sucking insects are preparing for some feasts as summer—when they're most active— and peak travel season approaches. Here's what you need to know about ...

Have you ever wondered about the weird-looking bug you found? Insects, spiders, and other “not-so-creepy crawlers” are some of the coolest living things to find while exploring outdoors, whether we ...

The squash bug carries a gut bacterium that is essential for the bug’s development into an adult. But when they hatch from their eggs, squash bug nymphs do not have the bacteria in their systems. That ...