Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From mosquitoes, ants, flies, roaches and more, bugs are everywhere when it’s warm. This summer’s crop of creepy crawlers look ...

Meet the ant species with a strict "no nestmate left behind" policy. African Matabele ants regularly risk death and injury while hunting down termites. So when one ant is hurt in the pursuit of prey, ...

Worker ants from a particular species of African ants have potent venom that can paralyze and kill termites from a distance, according to a study published Dec. 14 in the online journal PLoS ONE. The ...

WHILE SITTING on your patio relishing the beauty of spring, your reverie is interrupted by an unsightly mob of flying insects. The cloud of creatures, numbering in the hundreds or more, swirl around ...

DEAR JOAN: We had our house treated for termites five years ago with Termidor. It was put in the ground around the house and in the basement. Since then, it seems we have had no ants. We wonder if the ...

Poisonous baits are designed to smell and taste like foods that pest insects might want to consume, with varying degrees of success in controlling the pests. But a Purdue University entomologist has ...