The Antscan database captures the tiny insects’ diversity and shows how the world’s living things could be rendered in three dimensions.

Extension entomologist Ben Thrash reveals which soybean insects threaten yields and which farmers can safely ignore in new ...

Natural history museums contain an astonishing snapshot of the planet's biodiversity. Using this information to better ...

As the weather warms and the first green shoots appear after the winter, many gardeners are eager to start tidying up their ...

Nearly 90 percent of insect and arachnid species in North America lack conservation status, leaving major gaps in biodiversity protection.

Over time, insects have developed ways to “withstand the winter,” with some species staying in the larval stage while others have freeze-resistant bodies. So even on the coldest days, only a few ...

Even at levels safe for humans, air pollution can disrupt the way some insects communicate with plants, and with each other.

She says when male and female insects look different, that is called sexual dimorphism – and this can happen in a variety of ...

Many insects rely on heritable bacterial endosymbionts for essential nutrients that they cannot get through their diet. A new study, published in Nature Communications, indicates that the genomes of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The Lord Howe stick insect (Dryococelus australis) was ...

At first glance, it’s a wonder that jumping parasitic nematodes exist at all. To reproduce, these minuscule creatures—roughly the size of a pinpoint—hurl themselves up to 25 times their body length to ...

A long-term study in Colorado reveals that insect populations are plummeting even in remote, undisturbed areas. Over two decades, flying insect abundance dropped by more than 70%, closely linked to ...