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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

You may have already run into a fair share of creepy crawlies this year, and experts said they’re not going anywhere anytime ...

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, ...

These bugs are common in Arizona. Here's what you'll see Arizona is known for scorpions, but tons of other bugs live here, too. From wasps to spiders, here are the most common bugs to see in the the ...

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 ...

Not only is very little known about the insects and spiders that live in North America, but very few have a conservation ...

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