“Plants and insects are the most diverse lineages on earth, but their interactions in the face of climate and other global changes are poorly understood…despite insect declines, insect damage to ...

Ever notice how some gardens seem to thrive with fewer pests and more blooms? The secret often lies in attracting the right insects. Beneficial bugs can be your garden’s best friends, helping you ...

A reptile researcher explains why diverse native vegetation, healthy soils and insect-rich food webs are essential for horned ...

As summer temperatures rise, so do the number of insects and plant diseases affecting our lawns, gardens, landscapes, and ...

World Bog Day was celebrated around the world on July 23. I celebrated by hiking to an Alaskan bog, or muskeg, as they are colloquially known. This particular bog surrounded a small lake that was ...

Two-hundred-fifty million years ago, an insect got hungry for a midnight snack. It chewed through the wide leaf of a now-extinct gigantopterid plant, sowing rows of rounded punctures. The holes were ...

The interactions between insects and plants encompass a spectrum from antagonistic herbivory to mutualistic pollination and defensive symbioses. Plants employ constitutive and induced ...

Plants and insects coexist in dynamic networks shaped by environmental pressures. When plants encounter abiotic stressors such as drought, heat, ultraviolet radiation or nutrient imbalance, their ...

A feathery, fast-growing annual, dill is a great herb to add to the vegetable garden. Despite its distinct flavor, dill can ...

For the first time in 20 years, botanists have identified a new carnivorous plant on the Pacific coast of North America, but what’s good news for science is bad news for insects. The Triantha ...

A newly described species of wild tobacco that scientists found growing next to a highway truck stop in Western Australia is covered in sticky glands that trap and kill small insects, including gnats, ...