Dragonflies are widely considered the most efficient hunter in the animal kingdom, with some studies reporting a success rate ...

The St. Louis County Animal Care and Control Adoption Center has received its Animal Shelter License from the Missouri Department of Agriculture.

With the Fourth of July often comes the start of Japanese beetle season in Wisconsin. The pests are not a welcome guest to ...

Most Missouri counties aren't testing mosquitoes for West Nile, state officials said, which makes experts worry.

Japanese beetles are back in Missouri fields and may emerge in greater numbers soon, possibly posing threats to soybean and ...

Plants I use to fight insects in vining vegetables are marigolds and radishes. They give off a scent that repels the most ...

The South Kansas City grocery store had expired items for sale, including baby food, yogurt and raw ground beef, according to ...

My husband and I were both like, ‘Oh, my God, what is a roadrunner doing here?’” Young, a biologist and nature writer, says. ...

Insects, bugs, spiders and other arachnids are around all year. But now that spring is here, their activity is ramping up. Common outdoor creepy crawlies in Missouri can include ticks, mosquitoes ...

Rydzewski also warned of migrant insects, particularly from Asia. “Now that it’s easier to ship things from all over the place, that includes insects tagging along for the ride,” she said.

The beetles have done better at a second Missouri site near the first. But the zoo keeps a population in captivity, just in case. Sophie Proe / St. Louis Public Radio. Rebecca Gann cleans out an ...

Small insects that damage corn crops are being reported in Oklahoma and Missouri fields for the first time this year. Corn leafhoppers are small, tan torpedo-shaped bugs about one-eighth of an ...