I have never really been interested in ghosts, mummies or zombies, not even at Halloween. But as October 31 approaches each ...

Woodpeckers serve an important role in controlling insects. Here's what you can do to keep them from becoming a nuisance or a ...

The resulting trees not only indicate how fungus ... the food source from other organisms that might eat it. Over time, however, some ants evolved more multifaceted relationships with their ...

One of the most famous examples is the zombie ant fungus, Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, which is part of a larger group known ...

Exactly 150 years ago, scientists first discovered that leaf-cutter ants were cultivating gardens of fungi inside their nests, feeding the fungi bits of leaves and in turn eating the tips of the ...

Their sting is potent but not fatal. Found in Australia and Southeast Asia, Green Tree Ants defend their nests fiercely. Although their sting is not venomous, their bite can cause significant pain ...

Located in New Orleans, Louisiana, the Audubon Nature Institute is home to a wide variety of animals, including some black ...

During mushroom season in Illinois, mid-April to early November, the club conducts surveys around Chicagoland a few times a month.

But you can choose to do any number of things with it — you can even eat it. The act of eating ... such as burying it and planting a tree on top of it. From a medical standpoint, tissue ...

A worker cuts down coconut trees on Oahu that were infested with the coconut rhinoceros beetle.

You have probably seen leaf-cutter ants carrying bits of plants, maybe in a nature documentary, at a science museum or in the ...