Daisy Hernández’s journey to understand the history and devastating toll of Chagas disease began in her aunt’s hospital room.

Young, infected Lasius neglectus ants will send out an altruistic "kill me" signal to worker ants, a new study finds, as part ...

Naturalist and educationist Geetha Iyer spoke about the world of insects at the launch of her book Miniature Giants - Insect Stories Beyond The Ordinary at the Alumni Club of Anna University on Friday ...

(Beyond Pesticides, November 19, 2025) In the book, Biological Control Systems and Climate Change, published this month, Danilo Russo, PhD—a speaker during the first session of our 42nd National Forum ...

What initially draws my eyes to the tall, stalky plant growing near the Oconaluftee Visitor Center in Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the round, green bulge in a stem near its crown. Called ...

Delhi's civic body is rewriting the map of outdoor fun for children. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has approved plans to build twelve new theme-based parks in the city. Three of these are ...

What initially draws my eyes to the tall, stalky plant growing near the Oconaluftee Visitor Center in Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the round, green bulge in a stem near its crown. Called ...

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has approved the development of three new theme-based children’s parks in the city. The parks will be developed at Mayapuri, Greater Kailash-2 (M Block), and ...

Voting has now closed for ABC Radio National‘s top 100 books of the 21st century. While waiting for the countdown, ABC Local Radio has a new question for you. What’s your favourite insect? Apparently ...

Peter Kuper’s book-length comic, Insectopolis: A Natural History, begins with an entomologist and her brother walking to the New York Public Library to see an exhibition on insects entitled ...

Long-time reader Ray Sykes of Todwick sent this picture of a very unusual and rather spectacular insect which landed in his garden. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Star, you can get ...

Hungary's historic Pannonhalma Archabbey library is under threat from book-eating beetles, prompting a massive preservation effort to save centuries-old texts. Libraries are normally sanctuaries of ...