Simply put, insects are vital for the survival of land-based life on this planet. Ellen Welti, a research ecologist with the Smithsonian’s Great Plains Science Program, says there are two groups of ...

Deep in the high rainforest of Uganda, seven tiny frog-shaped insects have added an unexpected chapter to the story of life on Earth. Their bodies are only a few millimeters long, but their discovery ...

Giant prehistoric insects may not have depended on high oxygen levels after all. Scientists now think something else must ...

Scientists have managed to find a rare insect after it supposedly went extinct more than two decades ago. The Behningia baei, a species of mayfly that hasn't been seen since 2002, were rediscovered in ...

An ancient wasp may have zipped among the dinosaurs, with a body like a Venus flytrap to seize and snatch its prey, scientists reported Wednesday. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited ...

SYDNEY, July 31 (Reuters) - In a remote rainforest in Australia, home to deadly snakes, spiders and creepy-crawlies, scientists have discovered a new species of stick insect they believe is the ...

Bumblebees can process the duration of flashes of light and use the information to decide where to look for food, a new study has found. This is the first evidence of such an ability in insects, ...

Australia's rainforests continue to reveal hidden wonders. A previously unknown giant stick insect has been discovered in the high-altitude forests of Far North Queensland-and scientists believe it ...