New research uncovers the surprising role of plant scents in insect diets and evolution especially butterflies and moths.

While we regularly hear about population declines in ‘charismatic’ insects like bees, huge data gaps make it hard to protect ...

On some insect farms, a potential concern is injuries from cannibalism and aggression, which occur at greater rates when animals such as crickets are crowded together. The issue crops up in other ...

Most insects are unstudied, but scientists created a global framework to understand and protect them using all available knowledge.

This important study shows that the Nora virus, a natural Drosophila pathogen that also persistently infects many laboratory fly stocks, infects intestinal stem cells (ISCs), leading to a shorter life ...