As predictable as cool fall nights and Chiefs sweatshirts around Kansas City, I know my window screens will be covered with tiny bugs. These black specks show up each autumn, congregating on my ...

Researchers have unearthed South America’s first amber deposits containing ancient insects in an Ecuadorian quarry, offering a rare 112-million-year-old glimpse into life on the supercontinent ...

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 ...

Flying insect populations are plummeting even in remote, undisturbed ecosystems, raising fears that climate change may be playing a greater role than previously understood. The study, conducted by ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a Tuesday report in the Emerging Infectious Diseases journal raising awareness about the deadly “kissing bug” disease also known as ...

A group of researchers is looking for Chagas disease, also known as "kissing bug" disease, to be ranked as an endemic in the United States. In a recently published study, researchers from the ...

An industry based on insects’ natural recycling abilities could help limit the environmental damage from our food system. Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript ...

After seeing a picture of the stick insect on social media, the researchers spent days trying to find and collect it for further research. Ross M. Coupland Scientists in Australia say they’ve found a ...

In a remote rainforest in Australia, home to deadly snakes, spiders and creepy-crawlies, scientists have discovered a new species of stick insect they believe is the heaviest ever found in the country ...

A newly named species of giant stick insect found in Australia’s Wet Tropics rainforests is thought to be the heaviest insect ever found on the continent. Acrophylla alta weighs 44 grams, around the ...

The Jigger Shop is a longtime tradition in central Pennsylvania. This summer, the nostalgic ice cream shop, located under a canopy of trees in Mount Gretna, Lebanon County, is celebrating 130 years of ...

Discover interesting facts about insects, the critters whose combined weight on the planet is 70 times that of all humans. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...