Imagine a horde of cyborg cockroaches diving underwater during a search-and-rescue mission following a flood. While this ...

Zoraptera, also known as angel insects or ground lice, are tiny termite-like insects generally found underneath bark or in ...

We gardeners understand the concept of separating. We routinely separate insects in our garden into “good” and “bad” columns.

Many fungi lead triple lives—acting as deadly insect pathogens, decomposers in the soil, and helpful partners living inside ...

All insects belong to the phylum Arthropoda. But unlike other arthropods—like lobsters, spiders, or millipedes—insects have ...

There may be three times as many species of insects than previously known, scientists warn - As many as 40 percent of the ...

A study in Costa Rica has big implications for extinction and conservation.

After much discussion, the scientific community settled on an estimate of around six million species. This conservative ...

They also are conducting studies to better understand risks to patients from insects in medical settings. The presence of bed ...

There are 20 quadrillion ants on Earth —that’s 2.5 million ants for every human. Known ant species (members of the family ...

Insects are everywhere – in backyards, balconies and the park down the street. In fact, numerically speaking, insects dominate the Earth with more than 5.5 million species. An estimated 10 quintillion ...

Eating insects is considered as disgusting or even primitive in Western societies but elsewhere, 2 billion people consume insects on a regularly basis. Now, according to a report released by the UN ...