“If people are feeling excluded because of what we call something, that’s not acceptable,” the president of the Entomological Society of America said The Entomological Society of America are working ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. These insects might be pests, but their names can be even more problematic. These insects might be pests, but ...

Avalon/Universal Images Group via Getty The Entomological Society of America are working to remove a pair of offensive insect monikers. The scientific organization announced Wednesday that it is ...

Bug experts are dropping the common name of a destructive insect because it’s considered an ethnic slur: the gypsy moth. The Entomological Society of America, which oversees the common names of bugs, ...

An old problem for trees in North America is getting a new name, as the Entomological Society of America reconsiders the common name for “gypsy moths.”The organization plans to review and replace ...

Murder hornets have a new name in the state of Washington. The invasive insect, which is also known as the Asian giant hornet, has been classified as the northern giant hornet by the Entomological ...

Bug experts are dropping the common name of a destructive insect because it’s considered an ethnic slur: the gypsy moth. The Entomological Society of America, which oversees the common names of bugs, ...

What’s in a (common) name? It can be tough to keep track of the more than 5 million insect species flying, scurrying and burrowing around the world. Entomologists attempt to standardize our ...