Earth has a dizzying diversity of insects, with beetles alone making up 25 percent of all named animal species. The new ...

A new estimate of insect species globally finds that there may be 8 million to 14 million more species than people thought, ...

They’re nutritious, affordable, and always in demand. Learn how staffers prepare and deliver thousands of bugs each week to the animals living at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation ...

For 40 years, we thought Earth was home to six million insect species. Turns out, it could be three times that.

It’s a question that has foxed biologists for centuries. Just how many species of animal are there? Well, a new study might have just blown all previous estimates out of the water, at least as far as ...

A project studying the impacts of biting insects in the Kitikmeot region is entering its third year. So far, a researcher ...

All insects belong to the phylum Arthropoda. But unlike other arthropods—like lobsters, spiders, or millipedes—insects have ...

Scientists are trying to figure out which insect species are struggling, what it means for ecosystems and, ultimately, how it will impact people. BURLINGAME, Kansas — Without dung beetles, rancher ...

Psychology says people who are scared of cockroaches, bugs or house lizard aren't always reacting without reason. Psychology ...

Researchers from the University of Florida Emerging Pathogens Institute and Texas A&M University recently gathered their resources to investigate the potential of vector-borne transmission of Chagas ...

Winter is here, and you are probably reaching for your favorite sweater, looking forward to some quality time indoors. Unfortunately, you are not the only one with this idea. A whole host of critters, ...

Naked mole rats break one of biology's most fundamental rules about what it means to be a mammal, and their solution for staying warm looks nothing like anything else in the animal kingdom.