The pesticides being sprayed over the Northwest quadrant are not just poisonous to insects. They are toxic to bees, birds, wildlife and humans as well. The sprayed neurotoxins will blow in the ...

The birds need insects to feed on and come to the Great Salt Lake to do just that — eat insects so they can survive their long migrations. Spraying poisons to kill mosquitoes also kills ...

I was heartened to read Grace Nichols' letter about Albany County's newly adopted pollinator--friendly resolution ("Pollinators ensure a healthier planet," May 30). With insect populations facing ...

As he advocated, we can learn so much from the behaviors of social insects, especially ants and bees. He maintained that the survival of these species is dependent on their evolutionary ...

The adoption of insects and lab-grown meat in place of the consumption of traditional meat and dairy products is an intriguing possibility (30 April, p 12). For insects, as living things ...

casts doubt on the ability of insects to compete economically with fishmeal made from wild-caught fish (Letters, 16 November). If insects don’t compete with fishmeal, obviously they won’t ...

As a kid, I delighted in going onto the front lawn and seeing many lightning bugs flying above the lawn. It was fun to catch them and release them before bedtime. At a fishing camp in the Rangeley ...

I would like to respond to the letter to the editor ... The lyrics include the line “It’s funny how one insect can damage so much grain.” This lyric about Lennon’s killer is an accurate ...

Having spent many summers in Italy, and rejoiced at the appearance of geckos a few years back, this summer most had disappeared (“Where have all the insects gone?”, The Weekend Essay ...