Scientists Are Tracking Worrying Declines in Insects—and the Birds That Feast on Them. Here’s What’s Being Done to Save Them Both In Vermont, researchers have investigated the types of ...

The tree, which is over 4,800 years old, is found in a grove of other trees, but its exact location is kept a secret.

Following the recent storms in Bexar County, residents might notice large groups of flying insects — but what are these creatures?

Insects are small but have a huge impact. Insects represent more than half of all wild species on the planet, with more than a million described species. Their variety amazes some people and disgusts ...

Insects are crucial for the health of nature, whereas humans are not. And since insects are ‘dropping like flies’, does loss of insects mean nature is collapsing? That question of whether ...

Growths on plants formed by parasitic weevils help their offspring hunker down on a Brazilian savanna and outlast the flames.

Imagine standing on the golden plains of Africa, the sun blazing overhead, and across the savanna, herds of striking ...

While we regularly hear about population declines in ‘charismatic’ insects like bees, huge data gaps make it hard to protect the rest.

The number of insect species is mind-boggling – and they are a critical part of the environment.

Do Insects Feel Pain? Insects make up about forty per cent of living species, and we tend to kill them without pause. New research explores the possibility that they are sentient.

In “The Insect Epiphany,” an entomologist explores the history of insects in art, food, engineering, and more.