Large-headed beetles can readily crush snail shells with their powerful jaws, but cannot insert their oversized heads into the shells. Small-headed beetles can insert their heads into the shells for ...

Apple snails can sicken humans if they are eaten raw or undercooked. Their egg masses also contain a toxin which can cause skin and eye rashes. The apple snail, a harmful invasive species, has been ...

I must look like a tiny, squirmy silverfish or an oversized white worm or maggot… “Look, there on the floor, you guys, it’s my boyfriend. I know it looks like a strange insect but it’s him.” [a friend ...

As part of their project BioSCAN - devoted to the exploration of the unknown insect diversity in and around the city of Los Angeles - the scientists at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County ...

OUR flip flop summer – with sun one minute and downpours the next – can make it hard to know what to expect. And the conditions also make it a nightmare in other respects – it’s perfect for garden ...

LUMBERTON, N.C. (WRAL) - The apple snail, a harmful invasive species, has been found along the Lumber River in Lumberton. Apple Snails are most easily recognizable by their distinctive large, bright ...

Scientists are discovering plenty of minute insects that are new to science, but they are still only guessing what the lifestyles of some of these species are. Scientists have now found out that one ...