There is evidence that plants and insects interact through sound, researchers at Tel Aviv University said on Tuesday, opening ...

It may seem unusual to think of chimpanzees as doctors, but they more closely resemble human healers than you may expect.

Insects that are adapted to perennially wet environments, like tropical rainforests, don't tend to do well when their surroundings dry out. New research indicates they may be equally averse to ...

In Vermont, researchers have investigated the types of creepy, crawly bugs that their avian predators consume and may have ...

According to estimates from Camilo Mora, an associate professor in the Department of Geography and Environment at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa, insects are the most diverse animal group.

For the first time, a fossilized true cicada has been described from the Messel Pit deposits. Eoplatypleura messelensis is one of the oldest known representatives of the modern-day true cicadas in ...

The evolutionary success of leaf beetles, the most varied herbivores on Earth, was investigated by researchers from the Max ...

Murder hornets will be referred to as "northern giant hornets" in the state of Washington thanks to the Entomological Society of America's Common Names of Insects and Related Organisms List.

While insects are notoriously difficult to sample across broad geographic areas, more research has gone into monitoring butterflies than any other insect group.

Some leaf-mining insects make distinct patterns, like squiggles or serpentine shapes, while others make irregular blotches, like this species.