Relationship patterns prove that flightless stick insects can overcome vast distances across geographical obstacles. The only plausible explanation for this is that the eggs of gravid females, when ...

Known for exceptional mimicry, stick insects have evolved a range of egg-laying techniques to maximize egg survival while maintaining their disguise – including dropping eggs to the ground, skewering ...

California wine industry leaders are warning of a "serious threat" following the discovery that eggs of an invasive insect species were recently shipped to the Golden State. The California Association ...

A Columbus Metro Park is hosting an event for the public to help squash the invasive spotted lanternfly. Spotted lanternflies ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — An invasive insect is returning to Ohio. Officials are asking Ohioans to keep their eyes peeled for the spotted lanternfly, a pretty but destructive invasive insect. The ...

Immature spotted lanternflies rest on a branch in West Orange, N.J., in 2023. Eggs of the pest were discovered recently in an art installation that was headed to Sonoma County. (Seth Wenig / ...

Stuck in the ground, plants have a challenge when it comes to spreading their seeds. But the greenery has developed some surprisingly sneaky ways to get around their immobility—prickly seeds that ...

The fossils were found in northeastern China. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Insects that lived 160 million years ago wore ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (WANE) — It’s hard not to think the spotted ...

DEAR JOAN: I got my tomato cages out from behind my shed this morning and found these. They look like clusters of insect eggs. Any idea what they are?Carl Baeuerlen, Los Altos DEAR CARL: I thought ...

Scientists have created the best map of stick-insect evolution to date by combining DNA analysis and knowledge of their varied egg-laying techniques. The first stick insects flicked or dropped their ...