A record 384 New Jersey residents contracted a deadly fungal pathogen last year. The fungus, Candida auris, kills about a ...

Across the South Pole’s frozen expanse, there lives only one purely terrestrial animal: a tiny insect called the Antarctic midge. This flightless creature, just 0.2 inches long, has eked out an ...

Paleobiologist Scott Lakeram analyzes 300-million-year-old coal ball fossils to reveal prehistoric plant-insect interactions ...

Using two species of flies from different climates — one from the cool, high-altitude forests of Northern California, the ...

Despite the frigid temperatures and white blankets we experienced in central Ohio, plants and insects are expected to survive.

Snow and cold temperatures rarely kill plants native to Ohio. Most insects survive cold winters by producing an antifreeze-like chemical or entering diapause. Recently, we visited with thousands ...