Three-hundred-million years ago, Earth was very different. The continents had coalesced into Pangea, which was dominated in ...

An international team of scientists spotted the color-changing insect on Barro Colorado Island in Panama. In the pitch black ...

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It sounds like a just-so story—“How the Insect Got its Wings”—but it’s really a mystery that has puzzled biologists for over a century. Intriguing and competing theories of insect wing evolution have ...

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Mosquitoes and ticks can spread dangerous diseases, including the West Nile virus, Lyme disease, ehrlichiosis, and babesiosis. Our insect repellent ratings identify which products work best against ...

Look at the nail of your pinky finger. That’s about the width of the biggest known insect egg, which belongs to the earth-borer beetle Bolboleaus hiaticollis. The smallest egg, from the wasp ...

A North Carolina creature is “adorable” — but don’t be fooled by its fluffy appearance. Southern flannel moths, also called ...

A collaborative research group has developed a bio-inspired robotic system based on insect behavior which can locate odor ...