Playgrounds can host a variety of natural wonders, and of course, kids. Now some students are not just learning about insects and spiders at school—they are putting them on the map and even ...

The extent and nature of insect losses have been hard to quantify - Copyright AFP Sebastien ST-JEAN The extent and nature of insect losses have been hard to quantify ...

Taking to the skies Insects developed wings before any other animals so they could keep up with the growing height of land plants, a new study suggests. The discovery, by an international team of ...

A statewide DNA barcoding project aims to document California’s insects for the first time, creating a crucial baseline as ...

A recent study provides evidence that some results of behavioral experiments with insects cannot be fully reproduced. So far, possible reproducibility problems have been little discussed in this ...

It’s an observation as old as humans gathering around campfires: Light at night can draw an erratically circling crowd of insects. In art, music, and literature, this spectacle is an enduring metaphor ...

In 1988, police officers in Australia came for Ian Dadour. Not because the entomologist was under arrest, but because they needed his expertise. Investigators asked Dadour to estimate the ages of ...

Queensland insect enthusiasts are snapping photos of their backyard bugs to help researchers monitor native and invasive ...