While some gardeners still think that any bug in the garden is a bad bug, change is in the air. Most plant-lovers now realize that insects and plants go hand-in-hand and that there are far more ...

Bristletail is a name applied to several different kinds of small, wingless insects, all of which have three long, thin appendages at their rear ends; these “tails” often bear lots of little bristles, ...

Engaging in insect activities for toddlers can help your toddlers develop their fine motor skills, enhance their understanding of nature, and spark their curiosity about the world around them. Have ...

SAN ANTONIO – For the past 10 summers, a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service entomologist has been sharing her love of insects, nature and science with Bexar County youth. “Each summer we conduct ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The UT Arboretum is hosting a Bug Camp at Oak Ridge this week. Rising second through fourth graders are getting the chance to be up-close-and-personal with all kinds of insects.

Playgrounds can host a variety of natural wonders, and of course, kids. Now some students are not just learning about insects and spiders at school—they are putting them on the map and even ...

Damselfly, order Odonata, suborder Zygoptera. Editor at Large Nobody went to Colombia to get well in the early 1990s. Actually, few people went there even to visit—what with the drug wars and the ...

More than 1,000 third graders from across Tulsa spent Thursday learning about insects up close during the Exploring Insects event hosted by Tulsa Master Gardeners and OSU at Expo Square. TULSA, Okla. ...

A good class pet is active during the school day, comfortable with the average temperature and humidity in the building, and ...

Did you know maggots can paint, or what fried mealworms taste like - or even what a roach feels like crawling across your hand? Those are just a few of the things third graders could learn at the ...

RACINE — Students in Heidi Vlach’s second-grade summer school reading class at Johnson Elementary School are spending part of their summer learning about insects. The students are using the school’s ...