Recent estimates have come to the consensus that our planet hosts roughly six million species. But new research reveals that ...

The next time you post a nature photo online, you might be contributing to a major scientific breakthrough—just as several citizen scientists did when they helped discover the wasp Eupelmus curvator ...

Some creative calculations using bug traps, epidemiology and trees suggest there are some 20 million unique insect species on ...

Perhaps a part-robot, part-insect giant cockroach capable of diving underwater for as much as three hours at a time. In a new ...

You might see a spooky new glow in your backyard. Blue ghosts were just found in Mecklenburg County, the county’s Park and ...

The generally accepted figure for the number of insect species on the planet is about six million. Or at least that was the ...

Myths about ticks and mosquitoes are rising on social media. Here's what to know, and the Vector Guard app can help identify ...

A recent scientific study published in the journal Nature has for the first time identified a clear and alarming link between ...

The detection of New World Screwworms in Texas has generated plenty of questions — and plenty of opinions. Unfortunately, not all of the information being shared is accurate.

Ancient Earth once buzzed with enormous dragonfly-like insects, and scientists long thought high oxygen levels made their size possible. A new study overturns that idea, revealing insect flight ...

Three-hundred-million years ago, Earth was very different. The continents had coalesced into Pangea, which was dominated in its equatorial regions by vast coal-swamp forests. With high atmospheric ...