Ladybugs, though popular, were surprising underachievers in pear orchards. Of the 38 collected, only 17% had spider mite DNA ...

adding that they retreat under logs and into crevasses to stay cool in summer. Another oddity? Ice crawlers can live to the ripe age of 10 or even longer, a much longer lifespan than most insects ...

"We're talking about an absolute oddity of nature, one of America's coolest insects." While double-brood emergence happens often, it has been more than 200 years since these two broods have ...