The insects you encounter in Great Smoky Mountains National Park are really an essential part of the park. Jim and Leslie ...

A new study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution has put to the test what happens when dominant ant species vanish from ...

Jim and Leslie Costa will create an insect field guide during their time with Steve Kemp Writers Residency in Great Smoky ...

Every termite mound holds roughly 65 cubic yards of packed clay. The total displaced soil rivals about 4,000 Great Pyramids of Giza.

Children and young people learn more about biological diversity when they gain their own experiences observing nature, ...

"Radical by Nature," Jim’s new biography of ... they are far less likely to spot an insect itself than insect signs — telltale structures, tracings, holes, various clues to insect presence ...

Imagine walking through a quiet garden and spotting a mysterious grayish structure clinging to a tree branch—a wasp nest. It ...

An interactive exhibit opening at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science this summer will allow visitors to go face-to-face with some of the world’s most astonishing insects. The exhibit ...