This week, a Texas-based biosciences company, which aims to “de-extinct” animal species of the past (and ones that will go ...

Most insects are unstudied, but scientists created a global framework to understand and protect them using all available knowledge.

Insects are the dominant form of animal life on our planet, providing humans and wildlife with pollination, food, and ...

The Prague Zoo has joined an international effort to ensure the survival of a rare insect that had been considered extinct ...

Insects are essential to Earth's ecology, but numerous species are disappearing and scientists are demanding stronger ...

University of Delaware entomologist Doug Tallamy's research has identified “keystone” plant species that make up the ...

A team of scientists set out to determine how many ants live on Earth at any given time. The answer is astounding, to say the ...

Due to increased climate change, the population of insects is declining. The International Union for the Conservation of ...

Buzzing insects may be seen as pests—but globally, hundreds of fly species migrate over long distances, with major benefits ...

Knee-deep in a river of northern Thailand, scientists scooped up some sand with a net and sifted through it. Hidden between ...

A 99-million-year-old wasp species used a Venus flytrap-like abdomen to capture prey and may represent a new insect family, ...