Insects do far more than pollinate, quietly recycling waste, controlling pests, feeding wildlife, and keeping ecosystems functioning.

Important new research from Australia recognizes five new stick insect species, two of which are newly described.

Insects live in nearly every habitat, and it’s estimated that there are currently 10 quintillion insects on the globe. So far ...

Insects make up to 90% of all animal species on the planet, and most of them can be found in the tropics, the regions around the equator. Yet we still know surprisingly little about how these species ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Exploring anywhere on Earth, look closely and you'll find insects. Check your backyard and you may see ants, beetles, crickets, ...

Thanks to detailed studies of inclusions in Spanish and Kachin amber, it was also possible to study the morphology of insects belonging to the genus Gonomyia. A new material under investigation made ...

In the era when dinosaurs walked the Earth, there was no world of flowers as we know it today. Even so, insects and plants ...

As fall settles in, it can be tempting to clean up every leaf, cut back every plant, and get the garden looking spotless. But when it comes to insects, leaving a little mess behind can ...

The Chinese white wax scale insect (Ericerus pela) is an economically valuable species with an important role in wax production. Recently, in a greenhouse in Kunming, we identified a genus of fungus ...

As Labor Day Weekend approaches, mosquitoes and flies continue to swarm. Here’s what’s causing it and when they’ll go away.

Taylor Swift, the award-winning billionaire singer and songwriter, is getting a new honor: The megastar is the namesake of several recently discovered species of plant-feeding insects from Australia.