Sustainability advisor Keith Driver introduced University of Arkansas honors students to the growing role of insect-based ...

Australia is baking through another extreme heat wave, with temperatures forecast to reach above 45°C for multiple days in a ...

Princeton engineers investigated the secret to grasshoppers' efficient gliding, inspiring a new approach for robotic flight.

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Over 130 mammal species can delay embryonic development, giving their offspring the best possible chance of survival in ideal ...

Standing in a tropical forest at night, you might hear what sounds like a small bird calling from high in the canopy. Listen ...

Through pollination and feeding on all parts of plants, insects influence which plants thrive, which struggle, and even ...

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Scientists want to release insects to curb invasive Chinese tallow. Beekeepers say it could hurt pollinators and raise food ...

AFRICA: CREATURES consuming species that contain deadly toxins have evolved a suite of clever strategies to stay alive. The 10 snakes faced a tough predicament. Collected from the Colombian Amazon, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The Lord Howe stick insect (Dryococelus australis) was ...

Many people use 'bug' and 'insect' interchangeably. Scientifically, insects are a broad class. True bugs are a specific order within insects, known as Hemiptera. They have unique piercing-sucking ...