Understanding the evolution of insect mating behavior is essential for explaining how early insects adapted to life on land.

Authors of a new study are calling for stronger protection of insects in wildlife law, after the conviction of four men in ...

(CN) — The Xerces blue butterfly was last seen in the early 1940s in San Francisco. The small, iridescent blue insect, originally discovered in 1852, was endemic to and once plentiful among the ...

Disease-carrying insects are no longer confined to the tropics or to a short summer season. From mosquitoes and ticks to the so-called kissing bug, a growing body of research shows that these vectors ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) -Inspecting your Christmas tree once you bring it in your home, might be as important as putting a star or angel on the top. What you might mistake for a crusty looking pine ...

Through pollination and feeding on all parts of plants, insects influence which plants thrive, which struggle, and even ...

Los Angeles County health officials are warning residents to take precautions following the unusual transmission of the mosquito-borne disease dengue in the region. In late September, the Los Angeles ...

Natalie Venegas is a Weekend Reporter at Newsweek based in New York. Her focus is reporting on education, social justice issues, healthcare, crime and politics while specializing on marginalized and ...

There are quadrillions of insects on earth. Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson, a professor of conservation biology at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, estimates they outnumber human beings by a factor ...

Bugs aren’t just occasional nuisances, they’re crucial to the environment. Now populations of species worldwide are falling at alarming rates. The extinction of the one-inch-wide Xerces blue butterfly ...