Different insects flap their wings in different manners. Understanding the variations between these modes of flight may help scientists design better and more efficient flying robots in the future.

A rare rainforest insect, Arota festae, starts life bright pink before slowly turning green, revealing a surprising ...

Despite our outsized impact on the planet, humans are not the dominant species. For every person on Earth, there are approximately 1.4 billion insects. All together, they would weigh 70 times more ...

Scientists found that tropical regions were at the greatest risk for insect declines. The combined influence of climate change and expanding agriculture are causing insect populations to plummet in ...

Nature is full of interesting creatures. But have you ever seen bugs that dance? With all the different insects out there, there’s bound to be at least one species that has cool moves. Thanks to ...

Many tropical insects are already close to their heat tolerance limits, raising concerns that rising temperatures could ...