Learning to identify bug bites and stings will help you get the right treatment. We break down the bites of mosquitos, fleas, ...

Most people have done it. You see something small and wiggly on a plant, your brain says “bug = bad,” and your hand is already moving to squash it. But a lot of the insects in a normal backyard are ...

Scientists used tiny new sensors to follow the insects on journeys that take thousands of miles to their winter colonies in Mexico. Scientists used tiny new sensors to follow the insects on journeys ...

Seven new species of a distinctive frog-like insect have been discovered by a scientist from Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) in Cambridge, England. Belonging to the genus Batracomorphus, the seven ...

Bumblebees can process the duration of flashes of light and use the information to decide where to look for food, a new study has found. This is the first evidence of such an ability in insects, ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. WASHINGTON — Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber for the first time in South America ...

WASHINGTON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Amber found in the Amazon forest region of Ecuador containing a trove of well-preserved fossils of wasps, midges, flies, beetles and other insects is giving a glimpse ...

MUNICH, Germany: Four golfers swarm into a little caddy car as they are surprised by a hailstorm during a golf tournament in Munich on 28 June 2005. The storm took ten minutes only, and the sportsmen ...

A newly named species of giant stick insect found in Australia’s Wet Tropics rainforests is thought to be the heaviest insect ever found on the continent. Acrophylla alta weighs 44 grams, around the ...

In these days of endless sunshine and air that doesn’t hurt to breathe, life is rich in the north, from the multitude of baby birds hatching at this instant to the month-old orange moose calves ...