You most likely knew that your state had an official bird, but did you know that it had an official insect too? It's true! According to Smithsonian, California was the first state to adopt a state ...

Ginny Mitchell's passion for bugs is almost infectious. "I have one of the hardest jobs on the planet. My job is to get people to like an animal that most people hate. But we want everybody to love ...

South Carolina, as well as other states, is known to have a number of state icons, from birds to butterflies and fish. The Palmetto State also has an insect. That’s right. South Carolina has an ...

Democrats in the state House of Representatives are sending legislation to the state Senate to protect pollinators and other ...

The familiar velvet-brown wings of the mourning cloak butterfly, rimmed with sunny yellow edges and bright blue spots, were a ...

South Carolina, as well as any other state, is known to have a number of state icons, from birds to butterflies and fish. The Palmetto state also has an insect. That’s right. South Carolina has an ...

Scientists warn of a sixth mass extinction event, with insect populations declining due to human-driven factors like habitat ...

The more we study sentience among nonhuman animals (animals) the more species are added to the sentience arena—the biodiversity of sentience is forever growing—and ethical questions about pain and ...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (WKRC) — A giant, flying bug found at a Walmart turned out to be a rare insect from the Jurassic period. Michael Skvarla, the director of Penn State University’s Insect ...

New York State Electric & Gas and Rochester Gas & Electric are using data science and analytics to detect, locate and combat ...