Every spring, I see spiny bugs that look like tiny alligators. They spend all day chomping up other insects outside my window. I asked my friend Rich Zack about them. He’s an insect scientist at ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. These hatch into larvae within about a week. Larvae are much smaller, longer, thinner and spikier than ...

If you saw an insect that vaguely resembled a tiny alligator on one of your plants, would you think that perhaps you should remove it, squish it or run for the spray? You are most likely looking at ...

Ladybugs are familiar and beloved fixtures of our gardens, but there’s more to them than cuteness. Take a second look at these backyard insects. Ladybugs aren’t bugs—they’re beetles. True bugs belong ...