NASA is quietly betting that the future of human settlement beyond Earth will depend not only on rockets and reactors, but on crickets, mealworms, bumblebees and the chitin in their shells. Instead of ...

Nature can be extraordinary in its resilience. Take the survival adaptation of this insect, which is raising eyebrows across the Internet in expressions of both awe and horror. KXAN reports people in ...

From venomous ants to zombie wasps, these insect predators deploy some of the grisliest hunting strategies in the natural ...

Considered extinct for over 80 years, a chance find on a sea stack where little survives has sparked hope for the future of the Lord Howe Island stick insect. When the SS Makambo ran aground on the ...

National Pollinator Week is coming to a close, but it serves as a reminder for how essential pollinators are to the production of food and fiber. Approximately 75 percent of all flowering plants need ...

Insect demography and life table studies constitute vital tools in understanding population dynamics, providing quantitative insights into survival, development, and reproduction across different life ...

Most of us have noticed that there are a lot fewer insects around in the winter, but have you ever wondered where they go? In Kentucky, insects must have a cold-weather survival strategy from mid-fall ...