Insects are the dominant form of animal life on our planet, providing humans and wildlife with pollination, food, and ...

Knee-deep in a river of northern Thailand, scientists scooped up some sand with a net and sifted through it. Hidden between ...

While we regularly hear about population declines in ‘charismatic’ insects like bees, huge data gaps make it hard to protect ...

A 99-million-year-old wasp species used a Venus flytrap-like abdomen to capture prey and may represent a new insect family, ...

Most insects are unstudied, but scientists created a global framework to understand and protect them using all available knowledge.

Selenobrachys ustromsupasius was discovered on Romblon Island and is not known to exist anywhere else in the world, according to the study. The ustromsupasius tarantula was found at night near the ...

Due to increased climate change, the population of insects is declining. The International Union for the Conservation of ...

Buzzing insects may be seen as pests—but globally, hundreds of fly species migrate over long distances, with major benefits ...

As they cling to leaf tips, newborn warty birch caterpillars produce vibrations that can ward off invaders approaching their ...

A Yale-led study warns that global climate change may have a devastating effect on butterflies, turning their species-rich, ...

Mountaintops host some of the world's most diverse butterfly species, but climate change could transform these habitats into ...

Research like this is important for showing that insect numbers are declining, but they aren’t designed to pinpoint why it’s ...