Up close, it seems harmless — cute, even. With its rabbit ear-shaped antennae, fuzzy body and soft, mottled wings, the 2-inch ...

These insects and arachnids might startle you or send shivers down your spine, but there's no need to worry about these ...

Beware of hotels while on vacation in California. You could find bed bugs crawling around in your sheets and into your suitcase. One in seven U.S. travelers have had an unfortunate bed bug ...

It’s been known that California ground squirrels won’t pass up an easy meal of meat. Prior research found clues of ingested voles, as well as quail eggs, insects and shellfish.

This story was first published by CalMatters — a partner in the national States Newsroom network. As climate change warms the planet, wildfires have become so unpredictable and extreme that new words ...

EPA must better assess the dangers of pesticides, especially in monarch breeding habitats in state’s Central Valley.

Insects like being inside just as much as we ... a research scientist at the California Academy of Sciences and a member of the census team. They found between 32 and 211 species of arthropods ...

Presently, my students and I are concentrating our attention on the little known group of insects, the embiids (Order Embiidina or Embioptera). I'm working with colleagues at the University of New ...