The white-necked jacobin (Florisuga mellivora) is a jewel-toned hummingbird found in the neotropical lowlands of South ...

It might look like a dead leaf, but this tiny insect is very much alive. This video by @doctorbugz_official shows a mantis ...

Misunderstood and often feared, insects play a crucial role in nature – something that 31-year-old Wendy Zhang hopes to ...

Fabricated videos that purport to show rare insect-like creatures have spread in multiple languages on social media, amassing ...

If you've seen them, you'd know them: they're Eastern lubber grasshoppers. Maybe the name doesn't sound familiar, but the ...

A unique parasitic wasp from 99 million years ago, preserved in Cretaceous period amber, featured a Venus flytrap-like ...

A newly identified parasitic wasp that buzzed and flew among dinosaurs 99 million years ago evolved a bizarre mechanism, ...

Preserved in amber, the wasp appears to have used a Venus flytrap-like structure on its body to grasp potential hosts.

Eric LoPresti, an assistant professor of ecology at the University of South Carolina, used the words “fuzzy” and “adorable” to describe the southern flannel moth, a common springtime ...

Perennials can be the backbone of your garden because they come back every year. Learn how and when you should plant ...

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 ...