Climate-induced warming is fueling the proliferation of insects keen on invading Colorado’s forests and leaving the trees they devour for dead, a new report has found. After a wet and cool 2023, ...

Colorado's ongoing drought is doing more than drying out soils and stressing landscapes -- it's also changing what kinds of ...

Insects are small but have a huge impact. Insects represent more than half of all wild species on the planet, with more than a million described species. Their variety amazes some people and disgusts ...

Introduction -- The Colorado hairstreak : state insect of Colorado -- Arthropods -- what are they? Types of arthropods ; Metamorphosis ; Classification : where insects fit in the animal world ; ...

Colorado’s prolonged drought is reshaping insect activity, with some species benefiting from stressed plants while others face food shortages. Experts note increased mountain pine beetle activity, ...

There's some encouraging news in this week's U.S. Drought Monitor update: conditions are improving across Colorado, thanks to recent rounds of rainfall. Most notably, the area of extreme drought has ...

Bug season in Colorado is off to a strong start thanks to the heat and recent rain across much of the state. There are some to watch out for and others that need our help. From grasshoppers devouring ...

Whether you’ve been hiking, biking or merely spending time outside this summer, you’ve likely noticed the abundance of mosquitoes, flies and other insects. While hard to quantify, there are certainly ...

The drought conditions that have swept through Colorado and the wider region are affecting the animal kingdom in various ways. For longer-lived large animals the exact extent of those effects might ...

Coloradans venturing into the backcountry in spring and summer might find themselves complaining of tick bites, mosquito swarms and other creepy crawlers, but some say there’s something more ...