Insects

Nearly 100 Antilles pinktoe tarantulas are the newest addition at Missouri Botanical Garden’s Butterfly House in Chesterfield.

A rare ant native to Central America was named after the Missouri S&T biologist who helped identify the species.

Tad Yankoski, Missouri Botanical Garden’s senior entomologist and "bug dad," returns to the program to dismantle cockroaches' bad reputation and detail some of their positive attributes.

Bob Altman didn’t notice the bee swarm at first.“My neighbor came over and knocked on my door and said, ‘Bob, there’s something in your backyard,’” Altman…

Kasey Fowler-Finn wants people to hear how climate change could alter the lives of a sap-feeding insect that’s smaller than a fingernail. The St. Louis…

Many insects that feed on Missouri oak trees could be threatened by climate change, according to a study from the University of Missouri-St. Louis.…

The insects in your backyard are having conversations at this very moment — but you can’t hear most of them.Many communicate by producing tiny vibrations…

The welfare of all sorts of insects has been garnering attention of late, with some disconcerting headlines about declining insect populations.On…

Researchers are studying countless plants and animals to understand how climate change could threaten populations. At Saint Louis University, scientists…

On a warm summer night, it can sound like there are insects all over the place, calling out from every lawn, bush and tree branch.But most of what insects…