Insects are the most diverse group of organisms in the world. They also play a vital role in the functioning of all of the earth’s ecosystems. In fact, there are more than 900,000 different species of ...

It’s true that most people do not put the words “beautiful” and “insect” together unless they’re thinking of butterflies. But there are beautiful insects out there that are not butterflies. As with ...

Now, scientists know that the only living group of Lord Howe Island stick insects cling to the side of a rocky island located ...

AMES, Iowa – A farmer notices an unfamiliar insect on a leaf. Is this a pollinator? Or a pest? Good news at harvest time? Or bad? Need to be controlled? Or not? That farmer can snap a picture, use a ...

According to a new study by the University of Würzburg, Bavarian meadows are the most monotonous insect habitats.

More than half of all known animal species on Earth are insects — critters with a hard external skeleton, three pairs of jointed legs, antennae and a body divided into three segments (the head, thorax ...

It’s estimated that roughly 90% of the world’s plants depend on bees’ survival. Bees are the world’s most significant pollinators and are vital to our ecosystem. These tiny insects excel as a colony, ...

Despite our outsized impact on the planet, humans are not the dominant species. For every person on Earth, there are approximately 1.4 billion insects. All together, they would weigh 70 times more ...

Insects don’t issue press releases. They just vanish. By the time we notice through empty harvests and poorer diets, it could ...

Bug enthusiasts will be pleased to know that World of the Insect isn’t just one of the best bug houses in the country, but also the first built in the U.S. Some of the nation’s most passionate ...