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Water bugs vs. cockroaches: What’s the difference?

Water bugs look like big cockroaches, but they're a completely different species. And they bite. Here's how to tell these two insects apart.
Meet Sphaerocoris annulatus, the jewel bug that looks like it was painted by an artist. People even call this creature the ...
Finding any kind of bug in your bathroom can understandably be gross. However, finding even just a few bugs in your bathroom ...
You can easily spend a morning at The Insect Asylum, grab lunch at one of the area’s many eateries, and then wander through the neighborhood discovering other hidden gems. It’s the kind of outing that ...
Researchers at the University of California Riverside found that bed bugs avoid water because it can block their breathing.
From venomous ants to zombie wasps, these insect predators deploy some of the grisliest hunting strategies in the natural ...
Even though farmers have been dealing with rice stink bugs as pests since the 1880s, entomologists are still getting to know ...
Dozens of documented complaints, including bedbug and cockroach infestations at a now-closed residential care facility in ...
Many insects feel right at home in the hot, humid environments of the tropics; more than 70 percent of the world’s insect ...
A week ago, it was 70 degrees, and this week winter has made it return. Not only is the weather confusing all of us, but the ...
Tiny backpacks equipped with cameras and sensors are being developed to turn cockroaches into controllable spy insects. SWARM researchers control the roaches by attaching tiny electrodes to their ...
The Triatominae, or kissing bug, carries a parasite in its feces that can enter the body through the wound once a person ...