USDA is in the process of hiring back scientists in the Agricultural Research Service who were summarily fired from their ...

A worm-like creature that shoots jets of fluid to capture its prey has been named New Zealand's Bug of the Year.The peripatus ...

New Zealand’s Bug of the Year competition has crowned an ancient, bizarre, and surprisingly savage predator as its 2024 ...

It’s hoped that through competitions like Bug of the Year, greater awareness will be brought to velvet worms and other bugs ...

New Zealand made an unexpected decision of choosing an ancient worm as the winner for an international competition.As ...

A recent study has identified 16 new-to-science species of grasshoppers living in the deserts of the U.S. and Mexico. One of ...

Of all the bugs New Zealanders could have selected to win an international competition, they chose neither the prettiest, nor ...

The results are in, and New Zealanders have crowned the ngāokeoke (New Zealand velvet worm, Peripatoides novaezealandiae) the 2025 Bug of the Year.

Seasonally cold temperatures and snow finally moved into the Inland Northwest this month. Skiers are happy. And so is a rare ...

New research has discovered 16 new desert grasshopper species, revealing their Ice Age-driven isolation and diversification.

If you spent the last six months referring to yourself as “brat” you’re going to want to vote for this green trendsetter. ...

We begin in Idaho, where, against all possible odds, they elected a legislature even more wing-nutty than the previous one was. Now that legislature wants public school kids to learn all about the ...