Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. Applying insect repellents whenever you might cross paths with mosquitoes or ticks is one of the best ways to protect ...

Akito Y. Kawahara is an associate professor and curator of insects at the Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida. Megan Ennes is an assistant curator of museum education at the ...

Some kids see an insect and run away screaming, others move in closer to get a better look. These little bugheads are fascinated by squiggly wigglies, creepy crawlies and buzzy bees–and they want to ...

CARSON CITY -- First off, kids, black widow spiders have eight legs, and that makes them arachnids, not insects, so they are out of the running in the contest to pick Nevada's official state insect.

"Look through the microscope and you can see the mouth moving," said Axhel Munoz, volunteer instructor for the Sonoran Desert Kids Club. He was explaining how to view dragonfly specimens up close ...

What does it take to elevate the common ant from picnic pest to household pet? To thousands of children and many adults, the answer is a bit of soil and a see-through enclosure that, in these modern ...

FORT LEE, Va. (May 25, 2017) -- Warmer temperatures of late spring and summer mean more outdoor family activities. It's important to make sure that time is safe for everyone, especially children. Most ...

School is coming back soon, and that means so are the school lunches. The last thing you might want to find packed in your lunch box would be bugs, but The Red & Black have collected a few recipes for ...