Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Arizona's plants and creepy crawlers are always trying to hurt you. Or at least that's how the joke goes, and it certainly does ...

Estonia is seeing the rise of a worrying new pest: The birch sawfly. While this invasive species has been spotted in the country before, it seems to be gaining a firmer foothold now and having a much ...

aren’t the only critters with poison potential. Insects also evolved to use venom as a weapon for warding off attackers or immobilizing prey. But instead of using their fangs as a delivery device, ...

A tree-deforming insect infestation is spreading throughout Utah, and warming temperatures are only making it worse, a new study has found. The new study, published in Forest Ecology and Management by ...

By Sean Mowbray Pharmaceuticals that people globally rely on for daily health — including antibiotics, antidepressants and painkillers — are entering ecosystems via wastewater, posing poorly ...

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The Maricopa harvester ant, native to Arizona and the southwest U.S., holds the world record for most toxic insect venom. Although its venom is potent, the ant is relatively docile and stings are not ...