Misunderstood and often feared, insects play a crucial role in nature – something that 31-year-old Wendy Zhang hopes to ...

"When a dragonfly hunts, it hovers perfectly still and positions itself between its prey and a shadow cast behind it by, say, ...

Since starting the collection in 1998, Richard has collected about 80,000 insect specimens, many of which are unique to ...

Ants can find very small cracks and crevices to get into a home. The best ways to prevent them deciding to move in is by ...

Researchers named the parasitic creature Sirenobethylus charybdis —both after the sirens of Greek mythology that lured in ...

A new legislative proposal in North Carolina, House Bill 471, aims to clearly distinguish between traditional meat and ...

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 ...

"I've seen a lot of strange insects, but this has to be one of the most peculiar-looking ones I've seen in a while," said entomologist Lynn Kimsey from the University of California, Davis ...

"Most insects that try to get into your home wind ... These bugs can find their way into homes in the fall or early winter looking for a place to remain dormant during the colder months.

"When I was a kid, a friend and I were really interested in insects. We'd always be searching around looking for them. Not collecting or anything like that, just looking," he said. "But when I ...

Insects alone make up more than half of all the animals on Earth. Add in the rest of the terrestrial arthropods, like arachnids, centipedes, and millipedes, and you’re looking at millions of ...

A flame skimmer hovers 2 feet (0.6 meters) from my face, looking straight at me. Its red bulbous eyes have 24,000 corneas, allowing it to see 360 degrees — up, down, backward, forward and around ...