The Illinois Natural History Survey has been working to preserve historical specimens of organisms that originated in Illinois.

I was lucky to capture this intense moment of a spider trapping and wrapping a grasshopper in its web. Within seconds, the prey was secured and completely immobilized. Scenes like this reveal the raw ...

The Frostspore Postman Butterfly is a new winter insect in Heartopia. Here’s how you can catch it.

The titan beetle (Titanus giganteus) may just be the insect equivalent of a giant, flawless diamond. The species has a ...

Louisiana crops where the mealybug turned up took major hits to their harvests. Plants displayed a condition called "yellow canopy syndrome," though researchers have not definitively linked the insect ...

Becky Nichols, the park’s long-time entomologist, has dedicated her career to learning about and protecting lifeforms like bees, wasps, moths, and butterflies.

Apollo in Heartopia is just one of many butterflies you must catch to fill out a section of your Insect Collection Journal. This specific Insect likes to hang around one specific part of Heartopia, ...

The Siberian Grasshopper in Heartopia is just one of many Insects you must catch to fill out a section of your Collection Journal. This specific Grasshopper likes to hang around one area of Heartopia, ...

Achieving a $20,000 valuation requires antique insect collections to meet strict preservation standards. Missing essential insect label data converts Victorian specimens into scientifically worthless ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Leaf insects are native to South Asia and Australia, and illegal to import to the U.S. The rare Phylliidae can cost thousands of ...

Summer is the season for flies, which belong to an insect group that scientists call Diptera. Many fly species are more active when the weather is warmer, and populations can boom thanks to the ...