Deep-diving insect larvae are challenging a long-held idea about why there are almost no insects in the ocean, thanks to ...

The red velvet ant earned its nickname by supposedly killing cows with a single sting, yet its venom contains none of the ...

“The gas inside an air sac is not pressurized (it is roughly the same as the atmospheric pressure at the water’s surface),” ...

Discover the pink winged stick insect, Madagascar’s master of camouflage, its behavior, and endangered status.

Recent estimates have come to the consensus that our planet hosts roughly six million species. But new research reveals that those counts may be drastically underestimated ...

Aphids come in a variety of colors, with or without wings, and some, like the cabbage and wooly aphids, are covered with a ...

Researchers are investigating the causes and consequences of the worldwide insect decline as well as considering potential countermeasures. A researcher from Mainz University has published work in a ...

More than 60% of Australia's known insects are unnamed and a mystery to science. Of an estimated 500,000 Australian species, roughly half are insects, but many aren't categorized. A group of ...

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 ...

Scientists are always looking for better ways to foil bugs that leave itchy welts in their wake. Despite the many tools being studied, from tick-killing fungus to genetically modified mosquitoes, bug ...