Like it or not, insects are everywhere, including places where you may not want them to be. Yet there is one environment that ...

New research suggests humidity influences insect biological timing. Daily dry and humid swings synchronize circadian rhythms ...

A study in Costa Rica has big implications for extinction and conservation.

Insects are everywhere: from fruit flies to ants to bees to cockroaches, they are seemingly inescapable. The paper eliminates a popular theory as to why insects can’t live in oceans—namely that ...

New calculations suggest that the insect species inhabiting our planet may be double or triple previous estimates.

Previously, researchers created electrical implants to control cockroaches' movements for search-and-rescue missions. Now, they've made 3D-printed suits that provide oxygen, allowing the critters to s ...

Deep-diving insect larvae are challenging a long-held idea about why there are almost no insects in the ocean, thanks to sturdy air sacs. In Lake Malawi in East Africa, billions of lake fly larvae ...

Insects make up to 90% of all animal species on the planet, and most of them can be found in the tropics, the regions around the equator. Yet we still know surprisingly little about how these species ...

Not all stinging insects play by the same rules, and the difference between a one-and-done sting versus a relentless repeated assault comes down to some surprisingly ancient biology that shapes how ...

Eating insects is completely normal in large parts of the world, yet in Europe and North America the idea still makes most ...

Some of the fiercest beasts of prey in your garden are on your side. They’re predatory insects that protect your plants by ...

The new Wilma P. Mankiller Cherokee Capitol Park was the location of a program to introduce visitors to insects they might find while visiting there. At the “Intro to Park Bugs” event July 21, Chris ...