Entomologists say insects are declining at alarming rates — one major study estimates we’re losing 2% in total insect biomass every year. Now, the National Academy of Sciences is preparing to embark ...

The 165-million-year-long era when dinosaurs roamed the Earth shouldn’t be called the Age of Reptiles. Nor should the era that followed, which extends to the present, be christened the Age of Mammals.

This event has been cancelled. Please monitor this page for a possible reschedule of the event. Dr. May Berenbaum will be coming to Austin as part of the Biodiversity Center Lecture Series. This ...

They skitter and scare, bite and sting, but insects also inspire scientists to develop awesome technologies that can help save people and the planet. The nonfiction book Built Like a Bug: How Insects ...

Over 40 percent of insect species could become extinct in the next few decades, according to the “Worldwide decline of the entomofauna: A review of its drivers” report, published in the journal ...

Natalie Rubio pushes through the glass revolving doors of Tuft’s Science and Technology Center. Her feet take her on autopilot through the atrium and up a flight of stairs to the culture lab to check ...

Few groups in the natural world rival the sheer dominance of insects. From heavily armored beetles to aerial hunters like dragonflies and the vast organized societies of ants and termites, their ...

Time travel with insects -- The buggy planet -- Rise of the arthropods -- The Cambrian period, 541-485 million years ago, and the Ordovician period, 485-444 million years ago -- Silurian landfall -- ...

Tom Wassmer is crouched down in a pasture, staring very intently at some cow manure. Wassmer is pointing at a nondescript dung beetle, no bigger than a grain of rice, with a shiny black head and a ...

Multiple studies have documented dramatic declines in local insect biomass and species numbers, suggesting that the spectacular diversity of insects that has characterized life on Earth for millions ...