Seven species of a frog-like insect that were discovered in a rainforest have been confirmed as new to science following an ...

The planet’s most dangerous species don’t rely on claws or fangs, they rely on biology. This exploration reveals how toxins, infections, and viral transmission make ordinary animals extraordinary ...

Entomologist Bekka Brodie, a faculty member in the new M.S. in Biodiversity Data Analytics program, discusses the need for ...

Researchers say they will be able to test different models in the "miniature brains" smaller than one cubic millimeter.

In a first-of-its-kind study, scientists found that bumblebees can tell the difference between short and long light flashes, ...

Insect pests increasingly threaten specialty crop production worldwide, jeopardizing yield, quality, profitability, and ...

Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have shown for the first time that an insect—the bumblebee Bombus ...

Long before humans reached orbit, insects had already shown they could handle the hurdles of spaceflight. Light, highly adaptable and nutritionally rich, these resilient animals present an attractive ...

The Internet has Google. Now biology has MetaGraph. Detailed today in Nature, the search engine can quickly sift through the staggering volumes of biological data housed in public repositories. “It’s ...

er love for insects started early. “From the moment I could walk, I was outside looking at insects,” she said. “I even kept a journal as a kid with poorly drawn and labeled bugs from my grandparents’ ...