Future AI systems - particularly those used in robotics, autonomous vehicles and real-time decision-making - could be revolutionised by adopting similar principles of movement-driven, adaptive ...

What renders a city garden attractive to insects such as solitary bees, bumblebees and hoverflies? And how well do they ...

Permethrin, a chemical compound that helps control insect and tick infestations, can be applied to clothing and equipment.

AMES, Iowa – A farmer notices an unfamiliar insect on a leaf. Is this a pollinator? Or a pest? Good news at harvest time? Or bad? Need to be controlled? Or not? That farmer can snap a picture, use a ...

Pollinators have economic and health benefits, but those benefits have been difficult to quantify. A new study puts some ...

Consumer Reports tests lotions, sprays, wipes, and plant-based repellents on real people, using real mosquitoes.

Scientists are always looking for better ways to foil bugs that leave itchy welts in their wake. Despite the many tools being studied, from tick-killing fungus to genetically modified mosquitoes, bug ...

The University of Georgia's Live Insect Zoo allows visitors to get up close with arthropods, aiming to reduce fear.