Insect predators found in the United States could help keep spotted lanternfly populations in check while potentially reducing reliance on chemical control methods, according to a new study.

Spotted lanternflies have wreaked havoc on U.S. agriculture since their arrival in 2014, but Penn State researchers may have ...

Cicadas are juicy, red-eyed bugs that emerge in writhing masses every once in a while. And one of the largest cicada broods around will emerge in certain places of the U.S. this spring. Pennsylvania ...

BETHEL PARK, Pa. — It’s been almost nine months since a seemingly mild-mannered 20-year-old attempted to assassinate then-Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump at a rally in Butler.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Governor Josh Shapiro speaks during a news conference regarding the shooting at UPMC Memorial Hospital in ...

While the significance of pollination — and pollinating insects — has become common knowledge, scientists have long struggled to estimate when the phenomenon of pollination first began on Earth. A ...

Of all the bugs New Zealanders could have selected to win an international competition, they chose neither the prettiest, nor the most useful. The NZ velvet worm won this year’s New Zealand Bug ...

Skvarla believes the Brood XIV cicadas will be fewer in number than the similar Brood X cicadas that appeared in southcentral Pennsylvania four years ago. The cicadas for broods XIV and X are similar ...

Generally, the tick must remain attached to its host for 36 – 48 hours for Lyme Disease to take hold. Assassin bugs, or “kissing bugs,” get their names from their habit of biting humans on the face ...

Bugs are surprisingly good at biting before you realize what’s happening. But by the time you feel that signature pinch or sting, they’ve often moved on. That can make it tough to know what ...