Insects

Yet another study is showing an alarming decline in butterflies across the warming American West. The latest research, led by the University of Nevada, found a 1.6% annual reduction in the number of butterflies observed across more than 70 locations in the West over the past four decades. And it suggests warming during fall months in particular is driving the die-off.

This spring, miller moths seemed to swarm like a miniaturized version of Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds." Just as we opened a door or turned on a light,…

Recent Colorado transplants might be in for a surprise this summer: The return of the miller moth.Common to the state, the pests have been relatively…

Grass on the prairie is growing taller because there's now more carbon dioxide in the air. Paradoxically, though, this might be hurting wildlife, because the grass is less nutritious.

New research shows that climate change and habitat loss are causing widespread decline among bumblebees in North America and Europe — and putting ecosystems that depend on these pollinators at risk.

Studies are revealing new, unintended threats that neonicotinoid pesticides pose to insects. The chemicals, widely used by farmers, are difficult to control because they persist in the environment.

The Environmental Protection Agency is expanding the use of an insecticide that is toxic to bees. The move affects more than 17 million acres of f...

Vigilance and heat are currently your best weapons against bedbugs, exterminators say. But scientists are working on a way to give the bugs the hook with a strategy inspired by a Balkan folk remedy.

There’s evidence that bee and butterfly populations are in decline, a phenomenon that some have dubbed the “insect apocalypse.” In response, the Colorado…

Monarch butterflies in the West have hit a record low, according to a conservation group that tracks their numbers.The Xerces Society for Invertebrate…