In the warm, humid savannahs and forests of sub-Saharan Africa dwells a tribe of flower beetles in the genus Golianthus, ...
From venomous ants to zombie wasps, these insect predators deploy some of the grisliest hunting strategies in the natural ...
Should you ever find yourself playing a trivia game on the topic of moths and butterflies, here are a few facts that might ...
"Antarctica still has much lower plastic levels than most of the planet, and that’s good news," he said. "Our study suggests that, right now, microplastics are not flooding thes ...
Scientists were baffled over how eels reproduced for thousands of years – leading to the belief they spontaneously spawned ...
Quick Take A Titan beetle specimen can reach a high and profitable valuation, but only after meeting specific requirements. The Titan beetle, a member of the Cerambycidae family, is difficult to find ...
Larvae of the European black oil beetle, which are orange, ride bees to their nests and then chow down on bee eggs. © Hjalte Kjærby via iNaturalist under CC BY-NC 4 ...
FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - The destructive emerald ash borer has been confirmed in Fargo, marking only the second detection in North Dakota. City forestry staff discovered the invasive insect ...
Three hundred million years ago, the largest insect ever known to humankind hunted in fern jungles and boasted an enormous wingspan of nearly 2.5 feet. Different from modern dragonflies in its size ...
Paraleucoptera albella, a cottonwoo leafminer moth with a 4mm wingspan. (Curated and photographed by Jeff Smith) Entomologist Jeff Smith, who curates the Lepidoptera collection at the Bohart Museum of ...
Jim Durbin stands for a portrait with cecropia moths at his home in Marion on Aug. 9. Durbin has collected more than 18,000 physical samples and roughly 500,000 photographs. The samples range in size ...
Paleontologists, including researchers from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MfN), have described the oldest insect larval feeding tunnels inside leaves, also known as leaf mines, along with ...