DEAR READERS: In the spirit of Halloween, I considered frightening you with calorie counts of candy bars and other seasonal treats. Instead, I want to challenge your fear factor by asking you this ...

At first glance, the insect trapped in golden resin looked like any other tiny victim of deep time. Only under close ...

(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 ...

PARKERSBURG – As temperatures soared and the area received a large amount of moisture from showers and storms this summer, the number of insects known to carry diseases via bite to humans and animals ...

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 ...

In a remote corner of Peru’s central Amazon, a small, ancient pollinator has quietly rewritten legal history. Native ...

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

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 ...

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

The bug can cause a rare parasitic disease that can lead to heart failure. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed a 2018 case in which a blood-sucking insect known as a "kissing ...