The Maricopa harvester ant, native to Arizona and the southwest U.S., holds the world record for most toxic insect venom. Although its venom is potent, the ant is relatively docile and stings are not ...

Don't get burned by blister beetles this year. These toxic pests can cause painful blisters. What to know and how to get rid ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Thousands of six- and eight-legged guests swarmed the University of Arizona this weekend, but not in the way you might think. The annual Arizona Insect Festival turned the UA’s ...

Meet the beetles, and swarms of other insects at the wildly popular Arizona Insect Festival at the University of Arizona on Sunday. The free festival runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom, ...

The Arizona Insect Festival will be underway for free Sunday, Oct. 6 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the University of Arizona’s Environment and Natural Resources 2 building, with free parking included at the ...

Insects do a lot for us and our environment. They pollinate our crops, help control pest population, provide nutrition for birds and fish and more. You can learn more about our creepy crawly friends ...

Learn more about a newly observed insect behavior in which smaller ants clean larger ants.

Arizona's diverse wildlife includes some of the most painful and poisonous creatures found in the desert. From the excruciating sting of the tarantula hawk wasp to the potentially life-threatening ...

A recent study of a solar farm in Arizona found that grasshoppers were swarming to the site in great numbers and nobody could ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Arizona's plants and creepy crawlers are always trying to hurt you. Or at least that's how the joke goes, and it certainly does ...