These insects, including pollinators, predators, and crop pests, play a vital role in moving nutrients, energy, and genetic material across ecosystems. Studying them has proven notoriously difficult, ...

Nymphs (juvenile spotted lanternflies) are black with white spots, then become red with black spots as they develop. Adults are roughly 1 inch long and half-inch wide. Their brown forewings have black ...

Deep under the Jurassic rock beds of New South Wales, scientists discovered fossilized insects that push back the history of one of the world’s most hardy families of flies. These fragile traces, ...

California has a way of exaggerating things—mountains, deserts, and egos. But its insects? They take excess to another level.

Just when you thought you were safe to enjoy your fall harvest, the fruit flies have decided to move in. You bring home one ...

BSF farming represents more than an innovative waste management technology – it embodies a fundamental paradigm shift toward regenerative systems that transform environmental challenges into economic ...

The Jackson detections marks the lanternflies’ westernmost push in Michigan to date. The pest first landed in Pontiac in 2022 ...

Humans can have extreme reactions when they come across insects – from delight at the sight of a Monarch butterfly to disgust ...

“In urban waterways like ponds and creeks, the shallow water warms more quickly at the end of winter, which speeds up ...

To find out, Elena Tena, a biologist at Doñana Biological Station in Seville, Spain, and her colleagues attached ultra-light sensors to Nyctalus Iasiopterus, the largest bats in Europe. What they ...