Costa Rica, a biodiversity hotspot, has been the site of a remarkable scientific discovery. Dr. Elena Vasquez, a biologist at ...

Amateur fossil hunter Robert Beattie has been searching for remnants of the past ever since he was a child. Now, some of his ...

Seven new species of a distinctive frog-like insect have been discovered by a scientist from Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) ...

Researchers have discovered a new species of giant stick insect, Acrophylla alta, in North Queensland's rainforests, ...

There are over 3,000 stick insect species, including a recently discovered species in Australia’s Wet Tropics. Learn more about this find.

Insects are the most diverse group of organisms in the world. They also play a vital role in the functioning of all of the earth’s ecosystems. In fact, there are more than 900,000 different species of ...

Sicily is on the front line of Europe’s fire ant invasion. If it fails to contain the spread, more countries will be at risk.

Discover how insects and other small creatures rely on leaf litter to survive the winter and how this supports local ecology.

Spider may elicit a “yuck” or an “ew” from many, but the true nature of these oft-feared critters is not as icky as one might ...

For a long time, many of us have viewed insects as nuisances that need to be stamped out and eradicated. However, this view cannot be further from the truth. Insects are a crucial part of the natural ...

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey shows a side view of a recently emerged adult female western glacier stonefly from below Grinnell Glacier in Glacier National Park ...

Researchers at iDiv looked at long-term trends of land-based insects, such as beetles, moths, and grasshoppers, and found that decreases in the number of the formerly most common species have ...