The European blister beetle lays thousands of eggs in the spring. When they hatch, the bright-orange larvae shimmy up flower ...

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Hawaii farmer Fletcher Parker has found hundreds of coconut rhinoceros beetles in a mulch pile on Kaua'i's South Shore.

Somehow, none of her poems has found its way into picture books — until now, as Caldecott honoree Melissa Sweet turns ...

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A Greek woman had to seek medical attention after sneezing bugs out of her nose. The unusual ailment, which terrified those ...

Rhododendrons are not only the state flower for our Washingtonian homeland, but they are perhaps the most widely planted shrub in our region. Now that we are in the heart of springtime in the PNW, ...

Hose spider mites off all surfaces of foliage, including in between leaves and branches. Repeat the process every week to 10 ...

A yellow ladybug usually catches our attention because most people expect the classic red type. Yet yellow is not really that ...

A second dead coconut rhinoceros beetle (CRB) was found in a detection trap on Wednesday afternoon, April 8, 2026, ...

These are just some of the millions of marvels that the Smithsonian Institution has stashed away in storage. Most are part of ...